[vlc-devel] [PATCH 0/5] input/url factor and moar tests
Thomas Guillem
thomas at gllm.fr
Thu Nov 5 13:23:04 CET 2015
On Thu, Nov 5, 2015, at 13:11, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le 2015-11-05 14:09, Thomas Guillem a écrit :
> > The first 3 patches add vlc_uri2fd and input_stat2type that are used
> > by
> > file/directory accesses and also by input_item in order to detect the
> > item type via an URI.
>
> That looks totally overkill.
>
> The input item type was meant for UIs to pick different icons. Not
> more, not less.
Now, it is also used by the preparser. It's important to pre identify
the type of item in order to don't preparse networks streams.
>
> --
> Rémi Denis-Courmont
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