[vlc-devel] VLM api doesn't appear to make sense

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

    Hello,

Le 2016-01-28 06:26, Richard Postelnik a écrit :
> Im coming from the python bindings so I may be missing something, but
> the vlm api seems to be incorrect.  All of the
> libvlc_get_media_instance_XXX functions say "get XXX by psz_name or
> instance id".  The only problem is that it appears both are required
> by looking at libvlc_get_media_instance (psz_name to check if it
> exists, instance id to get select from pp_minstance array).  I
> noticed on the python side because I am able to 
> play/stop/pause/change
> a media with only the psz_name but I cant get things like the media
> position with just psz_name.  No where with the python bindings do
> you get an i_instance (instance id), all the vlm functions mainly
> return 0 or -1. 
>
> Please advise.

The VLM API is a piece of crap. As far as I remember, the only design 
criteria was to minimize the effort in wrapping the existing VLM 
component. This was already known when said API was proposed for merging 
years ago.

I can't comment on the Python bindings.

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