[vlc-devel] qtkit mac development and threads

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le mardi 8 mai 2012 19:30:59 Feurstein, Michael, vous avez écrit :
> So from this I assume that I need to manually start a cocoa main loop for
> the plugin to do its work

If a plugin needs a main loop, then it needs to start it, run it and stop it. 
The PulseAudio input already is an example of that case.

> - or is this as a LibVLC plugin developer outside of my scope?

No. LibVLC does not provide a main loop abstraction. And specifically it will 
never provide a Cocoa main loop since that would not be portable. Plugins must 
take care of their own run-time requirements.

> Furthermore - from another perspective: if I start qtcapture:// via the GUI
> or terminal and press play (the non-automatic way) the plugin doesn't get
> stuck. Would it help to look into those steps source code wise? if yes -
> where would I have to look?

I don't think anyone can answer that intrinsically personal question for you.

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