[vlc-devel] Re: Audio drop-outs Win2k & WinXP (long)

[Gildas Bazin]

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 04:26, Raymond Lillard wrote:
> 
> Question 1:
> I need advice on a debugging method along with a suggested 
> toolset.  How was the binary of v0.6.2 for Windoze compiled?
> 

The windows binaries are cross-compiled under a linux debian machine.
AFAIK, the only way to debug them is to use the "insight" debugger shipped 
with cygwin (insight is a frontend for gdb). The msvc debugger won't do as 
it doesn't understand the gcc debugging symbols.
Make also sure you read the debugging tips from INSTALL.win32 (they are 
needed with "insight" as well).

>
> Question 2:
> Any thoughts regarding my concern about thread handling 
> being a problem.
> 

The linux scheduler is _a lot_ better than the win nt one so this might very 
well be why you don't see the problem on linux.

I would suggest you try to increase the caching to see if it improves things 
(use the --file-caching option or the equivalent in the preferences panel).

You should also give a try to the waveOut audio output plugin.

> Question 3:
> Is there any design documentation on the internals of vlc?
> I've spent a bit of time prowling about in the code, but 
> I could benefit from a description of the forest before 
> I focus too narrowly on any tree.  I've never worked with 
> a video player before, consequently I lack a good set of 
> expectations as to what I should find.
> 

Documentation is there: http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
Not always up to date but should be a good starting point.

> Question 4:
> I pulled down the latest CVS sources this morning and 
> encountered build failures.  I am seeing lots of commits 
> and assume this is a temporary situation due to the 
> restructuring of the tree.  Please confirm.
> 

If you still have problems with the current cvs, please report.

--
Gildas

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