[Kdenlive-devel] ffmpeg C++ interface

[Rolf Dubitzky]

Could you please explain the advantages of C++ wrappers to me?  This is an 
honest question.  I don't understand the use of wrappers.


To my knowledge the CONs are:

 - tend to be out of date, especially with CVS versions
 - more code -> more bugs 
 - tend to be unsupported at times
 - introduce new dependencies
 - make things slower (if not extremely well written)
 - the docu which is available gets useless
 - are usually even worse documented compared to the original lib
 - might not cover the complete API and thus introduce limitations


the PROs are:

 - satisfaction of object oriented fetish

I can give you many examples where using wrappers proved to be a pain and a 
mistake.  Just take piave, I used a C++ wrapper for libdv and one for xml in 
the beginning, but both showed _all_ of the above disadvantages, and 
eventually I got rid of them all and had a better live.

Cheers, Rolf





On Friday 15 October 2004 09:19, Jean-Michel POURE wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> Just a quick note that Nathan Kurz, one of Cinelerra developpers, wrote me
> that he was willing to contribute a clean C++ interface to ffmpeg
> libraries.
>
> Using the same C++ wrappers to ffmpeg in Cinelerra and Piave might help.
>
> Anyone interested can contact me and I will send him Nathan email. Ruslan,
> I am sending you his email address ASAP.
>
> Kind regards,
> Jean-Michel
>
>
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