[vlc-devel] [3.x 1/2] vout/caopengllayer: Fallback to legacy vout on < 10.14

[Marvin Scholz]

---
 modules/video_output/caopengllayer.m | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/video_output/caopengllayer.m b/modules/video_output/caopengllayer.m
index 629124150b..de363bd3a4 100644
--- a/modules/video_output/caopengllayer.m
+++ b/modules/video_output/caopengllayer.m
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ static int Open(vlc_object_t *this)
         if (sys == NULL)
             return VLC_ENOMEM;
 
+        // Only use this video output on macOS 10.14 or higher
+        // currently, as it has some issues on at least macOS 10.7
+        // and the old NSView based output still works fine on old
+        // macOS versions.
+        if (@available(macOS 10.14, *)) {
+            // This is intentionally left empty, as the check
+            // can not be negated or combined with other conditions!
+        } else {
+            if (!vd->obj.force)
+                return VLC_EGENERIC;
+        }
+
         // Obtain container NSObject
         id container = var_CreateGetAddress(vd, "drawable-nsobject");
         if (container) {
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