[haiku-development] Re: "media-plugin" naming convention (was Re: Donating codes: APE reader)
- From: SHINTA <shinta.0806@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:50:40 +0900
Hi,
> In my understanding, "*.media_addon"s are dormant nodes only, while our
> decoder/encoder/reader/writer add-ons are about to handle (decode/
> encode/convert) media streams/files/whatever.
> Suggestions (more are welcome, too):
> 1. have "media_nodes" and "media" directories in add-ons - the drawback
> is that your BeOS add-ons wouldn't be found anymore.
> 2. keep "media" for nodes, and introduce "media_file", "media_stream",
> ... under add-ons/ for these (while not every media has to be a file, I
> would prefer media_file, as it somehow matches the BMediaFile class).
> 3. keep the current structure, but rename "plugins" to something like
> "file", "stream", ... - again, I would prefer "file" here for the above
> reason.
Sorry, but, your English exceeded my poor English handling. Would you
explain placement of files with an example?
[0-A] Current Haiku
add-ons/media/: *.media_addon (dormant) opensound.media_addon is also dormant?
add-ons/media/plugins/: decoders, readers
[0-B] ZETA
add-ons/media/: *.media_addon
add-ons/media/decoders/: decoders
add-ons/media/detractors/: detractors
add-ons/media/encoders/: encoders
add-ons/media/extractors/: extractors
add-ons/media/writers/: writers
[1]
add-ons/media_nodes/: what files are placed here?
add-ons/media/: what files are placed here?
[2]
add-ons/media/: what files are placed here?
add-ons/media_file/: what files are placed here?
add-ons/media_stream/: what files are placed here?
[3]
add-ons/media/: *.media_addon
add-ons/media/{file or stream}/: decoders, readers
Regards.
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