[vlc-devel] [PATCH] vout: create/release the decoder device when the window is enabled/disabled

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2019-09-18 18:16, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le keskiviikkona 18. syyskuuta 2019, 17.13.18 EEST Steve Lhomme a écrit :
>> The decoder device ("dec-dev") should be tied to the lifecyle of the window.
> 
> Well, no. It's tied to an enabled window, which is longer than a vout, but
> shorter than a window.

I can change it to:
The decoder device ("dec-dev") should be tied to the lifecyle of an 
enabled window.

> And AFAIK, the vout should not know about the decoder or decoder device at
> all. It should use the video context only.

And how do you plan to convey this decoder device instance to the 
decoder/filters without going through the vout ?