[erlang-questions] ERlang and DVB

[Rapsey]

On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Max Lapshin <max.lapshin@REDACTED> wrote:

> 2009/12/29 Attila Rajmund Nohl <attila.r.nohl@REDACTED>:
>
> > Why would you think that? I'm not sure about what kind of
> > coding/decoding is done in digital TV, but I guess it involves lots of
> > mathematical operations and this is not exactly the strong point of
> > Erlang (or generally interpreted languages). As far as I know, even
> > the AXD301 uses the linked-in (i.e. written in C) megaco_flex_scanner
> > for performance reasons - and that's just text parsing, no expensive
> > mathematical operations.
>
> It is very easy to write MPEG TS demultiplexor on Erlang, but of
> course it is insane two write video decoder.
>
>
Right. Erlang is fantastic for muxers,demuxers and parsers.
Encoding/decoding is a job for linked-in drivers or NIFs.


Sergej