[Gstreamer-openmax] [PATCH] a small bit of refactoring to gstomx_util, to allow for more flexibility of when the OMX component and port is instantiated

[Stefan Kost]

Rob Clark wrote:
> On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Stefan Kost wrote:
>
>   
>> hi,
>>
>> Rob Clark schrieb:
>>     
>>> On Nov 14, 2009, at 6:33 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Rob Clark <rob at ti.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On Nov 5, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> It's not required right now, is it? The component_name and
>>>>>> library_name are only needed in the _init function.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> But the point of this patch was that _init() could be called upon
>>>>> demand the
>>>>> first time the element needs to access the handle.  So they might
>>>>> be needed
>>>>> earlier than when _init() was traditionally called.
>>>>>           
>>>> I sent a reply to your personal mail explaining why this is a
>>>> fundamental change, and we should probably wait until we have an omx
>>>> registry implemented.
>>>>         
>>> yeah, I'm starting to get your point about needing a registry..  it
>>> might be another month or so before I have much time to work on it,
>>> but I'd be happy to implement some sort of registry / config-file  
>>> when
>>> I do have a bit more time.
>>>
>>>       
>> It might be totally off topic, but are you aware that you can have  
>> custom data
>> in gstreamers registry. gst_plugin_{set,get}_cache_data allows you  
>> to store a
>> hierarchic structure within the registry.
>>     
>
> hmm... is there any way to get this information out of a human  
> readable config file of some sort?
>   
the registry cache is a cache and not a config. Do you need a cache or a
config? The idea of the cache is to cache things you normally lookup
(e.g. introspect plugins).

Stefan
> BR,
> -R
>
>
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