On 13 January 2015 at 14:54, wm4 <nfx...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:59:33 +0100 > Marc Giger <gigerst...@gmx.ch> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Attached is a preliminary patch that enables runtime loading of external > > libraries via dlopen and friends. Dynamic loading is a build time option > > (--enable-dynamic-loading) and if it is not activated the libs are > > linked as usual (still no dependency to dlopen required). > > > > The patch is intended as a basis for a discussion and therefore the > > following applies: > > > > - only libmp3lame and libva will by dynamically loaded atm > > - only tested on linux atm > > - deregistering not implemented (dlclose) > > - versioning (which version of a lib should be loaded?) > > - library usage counter missing > > - ...? > > > > What do you think? > > What's the point? >
Loading library "on demand" saves some time on application start and possibly saves memory. I is not relevant, on modern desktops, but on mobile devices it can make a difference. I haven't looked at patch, but idea as a whole is OK IMHO _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
