[vlc-devel] libvlc set parent question

[Pierre d'Herbemont]

Hi Jacques,

You should use media_instance_set_drawable prior to playing to set the  
window you want to draw in. That's the prefered way.

libvlc_video_set_parent should probably be deprecated. It set the  
default drawable to the specified drawable for all input_thread_t, and  
eventually change it for the running media_instance.

  However, this strongly depends on the video_output driver you are  
using. You should check the video_output driver to see what kind of  
drawable it expects. In your case this may be a flaw in the  
video_output driver you are using which may not support custom  
drawable. What vout are you using?

Pierre.

On Jan 21, 2008, at 5:49 PM, jboileau wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am I understanding the API correctly? libvlc_video_set_parent  
> enables to have a window parent to which the VLC window will be  
> child of. If I want access to the VLC window I use  
> libvlc_media_instance_get_drawable. That I set a parent or not will  
> always result in VLC creating the window in which it will play its  
> video. The libvlc_video_set_parent will not set the actual window  
> that will be playing the video, it only ask that the window playing  
> the video be a child of an existing window.
>
> -- 
> Jacques Boileau
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