[vlc-devel] [PATCH] avcodec: reuse hw acceleration if possible

[Steve Lhomme]

On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi at remlab.net> wrote:
> Le 2015-04-21 10:47, Steve Lhomme a écrit :
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>> this avoid a whole decoding restart after seeking
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> This violates the semantics of the get_format callback and breaks VDPAU as a
> consequence.


What semantic ?
Is it okay to create a whole new decoder and vout if you're not lucky
(so 100% of the time with DXVA) each time you seek ?