Thanks so much for the reply Mark. I would like to understand the difference between module and dependent code sufficiently to be able to look at C code and its documentation and understand this issue.
When a package manager (like brew) lists a bunch of things it is going to install is there a way to know what sort of dependency is being fetched? Other questions (related to the one above) I'd like to get a handle on - specifically in this area of wrap-able command line tools: what are the advantages to wrapping a library in a widget over creating a library in livescript that makes shell calls? * is there a speed advantage (its usually only one shell call out per library handler) Taking MLT as an example - it uses / depends on FFMPEG. My assumption is that this is a module, and that if it were installed on my machine with an appropriate package manager then would my MLT widget library would be able to use FFMPEG? Any pointers on reading / how to gain this level of knowledge would be greatly appreciated. On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 at 06:40, Mark Wilcox <m...@sorcery-ltd.co.uk> wrote: > The framework is free of dependencies and probably quite easy to wrap as a > component for LiveCode 8. However, on it's own it doesn't do anything. > There are lots of modules that make it incredibly powerful but they do have > dependencies, some of them huge, like Qt. The video rendering is via SDL, > so it's not immediately clear how you'd integrate that with the rest of > your LiveCode app. It might be necessary to replace that module. > > If you wanted to write video editing tools in LiveCode this might be a > good place to start. For other AV related functionality it'd probably be > better to go for simpler single purpose libraries. > > Mark > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 21 Mar 2015, at 17:16, David Bovill <david@viral.academy> wrote: > > > > This framework is great and written in C - > > http://www.mltframework.org/bin/view/MLT/Framework > > > > It's the basis for most of the best cross platform video editors. On OSX > I > > can recommend http://www.shotcut.org/ > > > > Does that look like a good candidate for a new LiveCode 8 library > component? > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
