[vlc-devel] net_Read in modules/access/udp.c and __net_Read in src/network/udp.c

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le jeudi 6 septembre 2007 18:13, Anand Anand a écrit :
> Thanks for the prompt reply. I understand that BlockUDP is called by
> BlockPrebufferRTP in a for loop.. so for rtp streams the datagrams are
> being received datagram by datagram.. however for raw udp streams I dont
> see the recv function being called(BlockUDP) in a while or for loop? Am i
> missing something?

pf_block is called repeatedly by LibVLC core input code until 
the "end-of-file".

> Another question is regarding this statement:
> p_access->pf_block = BlockRTP

> how is it that no arguments are being passed to the function? shouldnt
> p_access be passed as an argument to the function or where is it implied?

Hmm, this is a function pointer (pf_*), a.k.a. a callback. Do you know C 
language syntax?

> are the BlockRTP and BlockUDP functions being run continuously in a thread
> somewhere?

Basically, yes.

> is there some good book on vlc development?

No.

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