[vlc-devel] [PATCH 01/39] video_output: pass the video format to vout_SizeWindow()

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2019-10-03 20:42, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le keskiviikkona 2. lokakuuta 2019, 17.23.16 EEST Steve Lhomme a écrit :
>> This will be needed when the GetDevice call will create a window without
>> setting the sys->original which is only related to the display module.
> 
> sys->original is the "input" format to the video output. I don't see what else
> the vout window can use as the basis for size computation. In fact, anything
> else would violate the existing definitions for the concerned configuration
> parameters, AFAICT.

The patch comment says "the sys->original which is only related to the 
display module". In other words it's not useful to the window creation. 
The sys->original will only be set/used with the display module, not the 
window module.