[vlc-devel] MacOS X and file references

[Andre-John Mas]

Hi,

I noticed a behaviour in VLC, on MacOS X, that doesn't follow the  
standard behviour on this platform. Basically if I move a file on disc  
that is already in the playlist, but not playing, then double-clicking  
the file results and the file not being located. Generally, from my  
experience, applications try to maintain a reference to the file so  
that if the file is ever moved on the same disk it will still be  
locatable. If you use iTunes, for example you will be able to observe  
this behaviour, if you move an MP3 file on disk.

 From a bit of research, it turns out with Carbon you can use the  
Alias Manager:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Alias_Manager/Reference/reference.html

and in Coca code you can do this:

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CarbonCocoaDoc/Articles/CarbonInCocoa.html#Using%20the%20FSRef%20Data%20Type

the only issue with the approach in the second link, is that it  
doesn't seem to be pure Cocoa, so it could be a breakage point in  
Leopard if VLC is made to be 64-bit. I will ask around to find out if  
there is a Cocoa equivalent of this functionality.

André-John