Bug#473235: ITP: divfix++ -- repair broken AVI file streams by rebuilding index part of file

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
* Adam Cécile (Le_Vert) [Sat, Mar 29 2008, 03:03:03PM]:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> 
>    Package name: divfix++
>         Version: 0.29
> Upstream Author: Erdem U. Altinyurt <death_knight at gamebox.net>
>             URL: http://divfixpp.sourceforge.net/
>         License: GPL v2 or later
>     Description:
>
> This program designed to repair broken AVI file streams by rebuilding
> index part of file. This is very useful when trying to preview movies
> which has no index part, like some files are currently downloading from
> ed2k or bittorent networks.

In your description, I see nothing no prefer this program to mencoder
yet, see http://www.google.com/search?q=mencoder+fix+index .

> DivFix++ has supports CLI tools, this means you can fix a file to
> temporary location, preview with a player, than delete temporary movie
> file after preview automatically via script by using argument parameters...

Still don't.

> DivFix++ is complete rewrite of "DivFix" program due it's bugs and low
> performance. It has been written using C++/wxWidgets and thus, ported on
> various Operating Systems.

So what's the point, why should we put this package into Debian? A GUI?
But there is no word like "GUI", only something called wxWidgets? Users
might think... wx, what is this wx good for?

Regards,
Eduard.
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