Re: [xine-devel] Multiple instances of the tvtime plugin?

[Darren S. <li...@yo...>]

I demand that Michael Roitzsch may or may not have written...

> Hi Darren,
>> For configuration reasons, gxine (CVS HEAD) may have multiple copies of
>> various plugins around. This doesn't always work as intended, such as when
>> you're currently using the pp deinterlacer and you want to switch to
>> tvtime - one instance is created for configuration purposes then, when the
>> changes are applied, a second instance is created (it's not yet time to
>> destroy the first) but it doesn't actually do anything to the video
>> stream.
[snip]

> Is the instance for configuration already wired into the video data path?

Yes. Maybe I should create a xine_t instance specifically for
configuration...?

> If so, the tvtime plugin might be tagging the frames as "already
> deinterlaced", so any subsequent tvtime instances will be noops.

That doesn't appear to explain why this continues after disposing of the
configuration instance.

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