[vlc-devel] [PATCH v4 5/7] libvlc: don't force "dec-dev" with libvlc_media_player_set_xwindow()

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2020-03-17 11:27, Steve Lhomme wrote:
> On 2020-03-17 9:05, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>> Le tiistaina 17. maaliskuuta 2020, 8.56.44 EET Steve Lhomme a écrit :
>>> On 2020-03-16 17:40, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
>> And even setting the decoder device explicitly depending on the video 
>> window
>> embedded regime becomes no longer "necessary" for correct 
>> functionality, it
>> remains highly desirable for performance reasons.
> 
> Yes although for the reasons given above there can be cases where the 
> default value is not the best.

For that we could still force the best one to use as done now and 
document it. We could also add a get_hw_acceleration() to query what was 
set and change the value afterwards.