[vlc-devel] [PATCH] nvdec: set a higher priority than libavcodec

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2020-03-17 17:02, Jean-Baptiste Kempf wrote:
> What do other hw decoder do in terms of priority?

It doesn't really matter because they are loaded by lavc. So they don't 
come before or after nvdec.

> Also, why is avcodec not the 100 prio?

It seems 100 is for decoders specialized in one codec that might be 
better than broad lavc.

> On Tue, Mar 17, 2020, at 11:38, Steve Lhomme wrote:
>> We can detect early if the stream will be usable or not without loading any
>> resources. If the codec is not handled or the decoder device picked by the user
>> or system doesn't match we will fallback to the next decoder (likely lavc).
>> ---
>>   modules/hw/nvdec/nvdec.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/modules/hw/nvdec/nvdec.c b/modules/hw/nvdec/nvdec.c
>> index ba6b0514542..81c5e8c2f47 100644
>> --- a/modules/hw/nvdec/nvdec.c
>> +++ b/modules/hw/nvdec/nvdec.c
>> @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static const int ppsi_deinterlace_type[] = {
>>   vlc_module_begin ()
>>       set_description(N_("NVDEC video decoder"))
>>       set_shortname("nvdec")
>> -    set_capability("video decoder", 60)
>> +    set_capability("video decoder", 80)
>>       set_category(CAT_INPUT)
>>       set_subcategory(SUBCAT_INPUT_VCODEC)
>>       add_integer( "nvdec-deint", cudaVideoDeinterlaceMode_Bob,
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>>
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