[Bug 709455] dlnasrc: new manager type element used for dlna specific HTTP transfers

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709455
  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | 1.x

--- Comment #7 from Sebastian Dröge (slomo) <slomo at circular-chaos.org> 2013-10-08 09:35:29 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I would also mention that the dtcp-ip element will not actually perform
> decryption.  DTCP is governed by a "secret" specification that is managed by
> DTLA (www.dtcp.com) and only member organizations can access the spec and
> produce implementations.  Our solution abstracts the actual DTCP stack via an
> API that is accessed by making function calls to runtime-loaded DSO.  Our
> intention is to provide a solid GStreamer element that becomes functional once
> someone plugs in their proprietary DTCP implementation.  Additionally, our
> element will support pass-thru of packets (with no decryption) for testing
> purposes.
> 
> Part of the feedback we would like to get from the GStreamer developers is
> regarding our design for this "abstraction" and whether or not this sort of
> element would even be accepted by GStreamer.

In general this sounds acceptable (the DTCP element) but of course we'd have to
see the implementation first :) Let's talk about that in another bug once you
submitted a patch for it.

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