Re: [xine-devel] Ignorance and EXPLICIT

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi Mike,

> > > So do these fields translate to directives from the MRL to ignore
> > > either the video, audio, or spu. If so, is that supposed to
> > > instruct the frontend to hide the video window, mute the audio,
> > > or hide the subtitles, respectively?
> >
> > If they choose to do so, yes.
>
> 	Hiding video/muting audio is not the same as instructing the
> engine not to decode the V/A in the first place, as you mentioned in
> another thread. Which is it? When the frontend choosed to hide the
> window, the video is still being decoded underneath, just not
> displayed.

I will make myself more clear:
ignore = engine will not decode (-> some metainfo might also be missing 
because of that)
Maybe "drop" would have been more clear, but I think ignore is easier 
for the users.

But of course, UIs can still hide the video window, when the video is 
ignored, since nothing will be displayed.
(Well, this is not really right, there are still the spus. I tried that 
once: setting novideo on a VOB from a DVD and enabling the subtitles 
does work -> you see them on top of the xine logo!)

Michael

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