[vlc-devel] Adding Fetching and Idle in SD

[Francois Cartegnie]

Le 21/01/2013 16:54, Rémi Denis-Courmont a écrit :
> You are mixing up SD plugins and playlist generators.

API does.

> A playlist generator just parses an input once, creates items accordingly and 
> then nothing more.

Creates 0..n, and not instantly.

> An SD plugin just waits for events then adds and removes items as fit. It has 
> no concept of being in "fetching" or "idle" state.

And not sending events won't activate an UI spinner. The state is seen
as final.

Francois