[Ffmpeg-devel] Network patch for MingW users

[Michel Bardiaux]

M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Michel Bardiaux said:
>> Fran?ois Revol wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>>>> +#ifdef __MINGW32__
>>>>> +    init_winsock();
>>>>> +#endif
>>>> Aaaaiiiieeee!  NO MORE OF THIS. PLEASE.
>>> Also that's totally definitely non threadsafe.
>> Why? AFAIK WSAStartup is threadsafe. See e.g.
>> http://www.tangentsoft.net/wskfaq/
> 
> Of more interest is what happens if WSAStartup() is called more than once.
> Likewise for WSACleanup()
> 
What do you mean by that? That WSAStartup should not be called more than 
once? It can.

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