Re: [xine-devel] preview data size

[Guenter B. <bar...@we...>]

hallo miguel,

> actually, we need a solution here, the current scheme is just too ugly:
> there is no way to know how much we need to allocate for preview data.
> 
> input_plugin.h says:
> 
> /* 
>  * INPUT_CAP_PREVIEW:
>  *   get_optional_data can handle INPUT_OPTIONAL_DATA_PREVIEW 
>  *   so a non-seekable stream plugin can povide the first 
>  *   few bytes for demuxers to look at them and decide wheter 
>  *   they can handle the stream or not. the preview data must 
>  *   be buffered and delivered again through subsequent 
>  *   read() calls.
>  */
> 
> but there is no definition on what is "few bytes" is.

ok, let's just define this is 4k :-)

cheers,

   guenter

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