Thank you Dianne. > The media player application source is available;
I was not aware of that as I (and I guess some others too) could not find it while browsing and searching through http://android.git.kernel.org/ . Where exactly can we find it? Thanks. > this discussion seems to be rooted on the view that "google is the only one > who can help us," when this is no longer the case and anyone can contribute. This was based on the (apparently wrong) assumption that the MediaPlayer source code is not available. Of course there can be a separate discussion on who should do the work. > as David has said the things being asked for here are already well known > limitations that effort is being put in to addressing. Excellent! > By and large, all of the things being asked for aren't missing because they > weren't deemed important, but simply because doing them is not trivial and > will > take significant effort to accomplish. I think we all understand and respect that. That is also why I think a deep understanding of the Android framework is needed to do this right. One can hardly expect that at this stage from third-party Android application developers who simply get stuck with the currently available audio functionality. > As such, continual requests to have them added is not going to > make that happen any faster. :) I understand. However, sharing some planning information on what is expected when would prevent those continual requests. Add some disclaimers where needed. Right now we only know that Google is aware of the problem and spending effort on it, but we do not have the slightest idea what priority it is given, when the next SDK will come out and when this particular audio problem is scheduled to be fixed. That is an invitation for sending regular "reminders" because we do not have the foggiest idea what is really going on and when we may expect results. Developers need to know that for their own application development planning, right? Anyway, don't let these discussions distract or discourage you from the real work. We are eagerly waiting for and will appreciate the solid results of your hard work. Regards On Nov 21, 11:21 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As far as I know, there is nothing related to any of the issues being > discussed that is at this point closed source. The media player application > source is available; the framework's implementation of MediaPlayer (this is > part of the framework, not an application) is certainly all open sourced; > and the low-level native PV libraries are all available as source. > > You can, today, go and download the android open-source project, and > starting modifying PV and the framework to support streaming. That was all > that I was trying to point out when saying people can submit patches: this > discussion seems to be rooted on the view that "google is the only one who > can help us," when this is no longer the case and anyone can contribute. So > if there is some specific feature you absolutely need, in some cases it may > be a good use of time to just go and add it instead of asking for others to > do so. > > That all said, I am not that familiar with the media stuff, but as David has > said the things being asked for here are already well known limitations that > effort is being put in to addressing. By and large, all of the thingsbeing > asked for aren't missing because they weren't deemed important, but simply > because doing them is not trivial and will take significant effort to > accomplish. As such, continual requests to have them added is not going to > make that happen any faster. :) > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public > forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
