Re: [Gnash-dev] async plugin installation

[Sandro Santilli]

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 01:43:42PM +0200, Dag Hovland wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Following up on Nutchanon Wetchasit's comments to support issue
> https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?109027,
> I tested replacing the gtk plugin installation calls in
> llibmedia/gst/GstUtil.cpp with the async variant.
> 
> Background:
> 
> When some plugin is lacking, gtk-gnash may call gtk libraries to
> install the relevant plugins.
> The current behaviour is to use a blocking call, which leaves gnash
> frozen until the call returns. (I had an experience with the gtk
> plugin installer freezing.)
> Using the async call is encouraged by the gtk manual:
> 
> https://developer.gnome.org/gst-plugins-libs/0.10/gst-plugins-base-libs-gstpbutilsinstallplugins.html#gst-install-plugins-async
> 
> The only downside, is that if you are playing a movie, you probably
> would prefer the movie to stop until your plugin is installed.

Would it make sense to add a GnashRC directive to let the user
tweak the behavior ? Or could the user be notified of need to
reload the movie in order to be able to see it after the plugin
is installed ?

--strk;