Re: [xine-devel] audio port rewiring problem

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

Hi Miguel, Hi Daniel,

> > Ahh, I see some races:
> > All the rewiring (and post plugin disposal) is done in the
> > frontend's thread context, but the actual dataflow is decoder
> > thread. This leads to problems when rewiring on the fly during
> > playback.
> >
> > We need a nice mutex solution here. I have thought about some, but
> > all had some drawbacks. Suggestions would be welcome.
>
> i would suggest that we forbid on-the-fly rewiring for now: rewiring
> should only be allowed if stream is at "stopped" state.
>
> of course, we might change that in the future if we find a clean way
> to avoid the race. i just think we have other more interesting
> priorities...

Agreed. I can live with that limitation for now.
Daniel, is that ok for you?

Michael

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