[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avdevice/decklink: Remove pthread dependency

[Kyle Schwarz]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:55 PM, Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> wrote:
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> On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, Kyle Schwarz wrote:
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>> DeckLink depends on pthread, and is silently disabled if pthread is
>> missing.
>>
>> Also fixes w32pthreads to support C++.
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>
> You should split this into two patches, one the w32pthreads C++ support,
> other the decklink patch.

Would it be best to resubmit as two new threads for both, or simply
split and reply to this thread?

> Also, I checked the decklink part, and I am a bit confused. I don't see how
> you ensure that ctx->frames_buffer number of frames are scheduled. Also, are
> you sure you use the condition/mutexes properly? Your code does not even
> contains a pthread_mutex_lock call, that seems odd.
>
> What I would expect is to protect the scheduled frame counter with a mutex,
> and do a cond_signal in the scheduled frame completed callback. Or do you
> have something else in mind?

I'm not terribly familiar with mutex and pthread, so you're probably right.

I'll look into your suggestions and come up with a revision.

Thanks,
Kyle