vlc_preparser.h

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 * preparser.h
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 * Copyright (C) 1999-2023 VLC authors and VideoLAN
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 * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
 *          Clément Stenac <zorglub@videolan.org>
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#ifndef VLC_PREPARSER_H
#define VLC_PREPARSER_H 1
 
#include <vlc_input_item.h>
 
/**
 * @defgroup vlc_preparser Preparser
 * @ingroup input
 * @{
 * @file
 * VLC Preparser API
 */
 
/**
 * Preparser opaque structure.
 *
 * The preparser object will retrieve the meta data of any given input item in
 * an asynchronous way.
 * It will also issue art fetching requests.
 */
typedef struct vlc_preparser_t vlc_preparser_t;
typedef size_t vlc_preparser_req_id;
 
#define VLC_PREPARSER_REQ_ID_INVALID 0
 
#define VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_PARSE            0x01
#define VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_FETCHMETA_LOCAL  0x02
#define VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_FETCHMETA_NET    0x04
#define VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_THUMBNAIL        0x08
#define VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_FETCHMETA_ALL \
    (VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_FETCHMETA_LOCAL|VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_FETCHMETA_NET)
 
#define VLC_PREPARSER_OPTION_INTERACT 0x1000
#define VLC_PREPARSER_OPTION_SUBITEMS 0x2000
 
/** Preparser thumbnailer callbacks */
struct vlc_thumbnailer_cbs
{
    /**
     * Event received on thumbnailing completion or error
     *
     * This callback will always be called, provided
     * vlc_preparser_GenerateThumbnail() returned a valid request, and provided
     * the request is not cancelled before its completion.
     *
     * @note This callback is mandatory if calling
     * vlc_preparser_GenerateThumbnail()
     *
     * In case of failure, timeout or cancellation, p_thumbnail will be NULL.
     * The picture, if any, is owned by the thumbnailer, and must be acquired
     * by using \link picture_Hold \endlink to use it pass the callback's
     * scope.
     *
     * @param item item used for the thumbnailer
     * @param status VLC_SUCCESS in case of success, VLC_ETIMEOUT in case of
     * timeout, -EINTR if cancelled, an error otherwise
     * @param thumbnail The generated thumbnail, or NULL in case of failure or
     * timeout
     * @param data opaque pointer passed by
     * vlc_preparser_GenerateThumbnail()
     *
     */
    void (*on_ended)(input_item_t *item, int status, picture_t* thumbnail,
                     void *data);
};
 
/**
 * Thumbnailer argument
 */
struct vlc_thumbnailer_arg
{
    /** Seek argument */
    struct seek
    {
        enum
        {
            /** Don't seek */
            VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_NONE,
            /** Seek by time */
            VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_TIME,
            /** Seek by position */
            VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_POS,
        } type;
        union
        {
            /** Seek time if type == VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_TIME */
            vlc_tick_t time;
            /** Seek position if type == VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_POS */
            double pos;
        };
        enum
        {
            /** Precise, but potentially slow */
            VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_PRECISE,
            /** Fast, but potentially imprecise */
            VLC_THUMBNAILER_SEEK_FAST,
        } speed;
    } seek;
 
    /** True to enable hardware decoder */
    bool hw_dec;
};
 
/**
 * Preparser creation configuration
 */
struct vlc_preparser_cfg
{
    /**
     * A combination of VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_* flags, it is used to
     * setup the executors for each domain. Its possible to select more than
     * one type
     */
    int types;
 
    /**
     * The maximum number of threads used by the parser, 0 for default
     * (1 thread)
     */
    unsigned max_parser_threads;
 
    /**
     * The maximum number of threads used by the thumbnailer, 0 for default
     * (1 thread)
     */
    unsigned max_thumbnailer_threads;
 
    /**
     * Timeout of the preparser and/or thumbnailer, 0 for no limits.
     */
    vlc_tick_t timeout;
};
 
/**
 * This function creates the preparser object and thread.
 *
 * @param obj the parent object
 * @param cfg a pointer to a valid confiuration struct
 * @return a valid preparser object or NULL in case of error
 */
VLC_API vlc_preparser_t *vlc_preparser_New( vlc_object_t *obj,
                                            const struct vlc_preparser_cfg *cfg );
 
/**
 * This function enqueues the provided item to be preparsed or fetched.
 *
 * The input item is retained until the preparsing is done or until the
 * preparser object is deleted.
 *
 * @param preparser the preparser object
 * @param item a valid item to preparse
 * @param type_option a combination of VLC_PREPARSER_TYPE_* and
 * VLC_PREPARSER_OPTION_* flags. The type must be in the set specified in
 * vlc_preparser_New() (it is possible to select less types).
 * @param cbs callback to listen to events (can't be NULL)
 * @param cbs_userdata opaque pointer used by the callbacks
 * @param id unique id provided by the caller. This is can be used to cancel
 * the request with vlc_preparser_Cancel()
 * @return VLC_PREPARSER_REQ_ID_INVALID in case of error, or a valid id if the
 * item was scheduled for preparsing. If this returns an
 * error, the on_preparse_ended will *not* be invoked
 */
VLC_API vlc_preparser_req_id
vlc_preparser_Push( vlc_preparser_t *preparser, input_item_t *item, int type_option,
                    const input_item_parser_cbs_t *cbs, void *cbs_userdata );
 
/**
 * This function enqueues the provided item for generating a thumbnail
 *
 * @param preparser the preparser object
 * @param item a valid item to generate the thumbnail for
 * @param arg pointer to a seek struct, that tell at which time the
 * thumbnail should be taken, NULL to disable seek
 * @param timeout A timeout value, or VLC_TICK_INVALID to disable timeout
 * @param cbs callback to listen to events (can't be NULL)
 * @param cbs_userdata opaque pointer used by the callbacks
 * @return VLC_PREPARSER_REQ_ID_INVALID in case of error, or a valid id if the
 * item was scheduled for thumbnailing. If this returns an
 * error, the thumbnailer.on_ended callback will *not* be invoked
 *
 * The provided input_item will be held by the thumbnailer and can safely be
 * released safely after calling this function.
 */
VLC_API vlc_preparser_req_id
vlc_preparser_GenerateThumbnail( vlc_preparser_t *preparser, input_item_t *item,
                                 const struct vlc_thumbnailer_arg *arg,
                                 const struct vlc_thumbnailer_cbs *cbs,
                                 void *cbs_userdata );
 
/**
 * This function cancel all preparsing requests for a given id
 *
 * @param preparser the preparser object
 * @param id unique id returned by vlc_preparser_Push(),
 * VLC_PREPARSER_REQ_ID_INVALID to cancels all tasks
 * @return number of tasks cancelled
 */
VLC_API size_t vlc_preparser_Cancel( vlc_preparser_t *preparser,
                                     vlc_preparser_req_id id );
 
/**
 * This function destroys the preparser object and thread.
 *
 * @param preparser the preparser object
 * All pending input items will be released.
 */
VLC_API void vlc_preparser_Delete( vlc_preparser_t *preparser );
 
/**
 * Do not use, libVLC only fonction, will be removed soon
 */
VLC_API void vlc_preparser_SetTimeout( vlc_preparser_t *preparser,
                                       vlc_tick_t timeout ) VLC_DEPRECATED;
 
/** @} vlc_preparser */
 
#endif