[gst-devel] Re: [gst-cvs] dolphy gst-plugins: gst-plugins/gst-libs/gst/videooverlay/

[Ronald Bultje]

Hi Julien,

On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 11:18, Julien MOUTTE wrote:
> I agree on that. but this have_xid is also usefull to avoid all the mess
> of creating a window in the app. It s far much easier to wait for an xid
> and make reparent than creating a gdk window correctly and give it
> correctly to the video sink. So i would like to keep both and that let
> gst-launch working too which i appreciate.

Actually, most GtkWidgets will have a GdkWindow by themselves (see, for
example, tv.[ch] in the gst-overlay sample app in gst-sandbox), so you
don't have to create it yourself. ;).

> > One thing: given that I'll use this API a lot, too, I'd like a voice in
> > the final decision.
> I won't do anything without your approval, that's not my style :)

Thanks!

Ronald

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Ronald Bultje <rbultje at ronald.bitfreak.net>
Linux Video/Multimedia developer