[vlc-devel] [PATCH 1/6] input_item: add WITH_ASSOCIATED_MEDIA meta request

Alexandre Janniaux ajanni at videolabs.io
Wed Dec 4 11:14:56 CET 2019


Hi,

Would you suggest that we always parse associated medias like
input slaves then?

On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 08:21:05PM +0200, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le tiistaina 3. joulukuuta 2019, 18.02.22 EET Alexandre Janniaux a écrit :
> > This META_REQUEST_ parameter aims at enabling the parsing of
> > input_slaves and similar mechanisms whenever the main media is asked to
> > be parsed. It will be disabled in the default state, providing IO
> > savings for use case which doesn't need it.
>
> This looks like a cop-out to me. How would the app developper know any better
> than the demuxer or the core that it needs to set or clear the flag??
> I don't think the app devs should be bothered with this implementation detail
> of LibVLC.

I don't really understand your point as is.

This patch is mostly to have `libvlc_media_tracks_get` return
the tracks from input_slave as well as the main input.

In most case you don't care because the input slave is a
subtitle file. But when you need es_id associated with the
different tracks you must parse the given input_slave.

I describe the case where it is needed in this patchset.

Regards,
--
Alexandre Janniaux
Videolabs


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