[vlc-devel] [PATCH 4/4] ytdl: use redirect for single media

[Pierre Ynard]

> If we parse the YoutubeDL JSON or the whatever to-be-defined
> serialisation format directly in the access plugin, then there's no
> point in redirecting: You can just wrap the native HTTP plugin via
> vlc_stream_NewURL() and catch the STREAM_GET_META control.

Yes indeed. I thought redirecting was marginally cleaner than nesting,
but that certainly works too.

I still don't get the deal about STREAM_GET_META that's implemented
sometimes, and sometimes it just sets the state in the input item.

> So there's really no point in extending the redirection to support
> metadata.

I'm not sure what you mean about extending for metadata, I don't
understand how it doesn't already work.

-- 
Pierre Ynard
"Une âme dans un corps, c'est comme un dessin sur une feuille de papier."