[vlc-devel] Re: Raising events

[Dugal Harris]

Dugal Harris wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is there any exisitng way for plugins/modules to raise external events 
> (such as in a libVLC hosting application).  For example a video filter 
> such as a motion detector may want to notify the hosting application 
> when and where motion is detected.
>
> Thanks
> Dugal Harris
>
Shall I assume that the lack of response to this means that

A) It is impossible
B) It is trivial
C) Nobody cares?

The only way I can see of doing this without changing the core is to 
hack VLC_VariableSet() to take a function pointer to an external event 
handler and then call this from inside a video filter.  Any better ideas?

Thanks
Dugal

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