The media server tried to use node monitoring to dynamically add and
remove plug-ins, but it isn't that useful:
* When a plug-in is added, applications would have to query the media
server to get an up to date list of available formats. For example
MediaConvert populates its format menus on startup.
* When removing a plugin, if an app already had it loaded, there is not
much that can be done to keep it working.
* The list of plugins was not sorted by directories (user vs system
add-ons), so the directories were re-scanned to make sure user add-ons
were returned first, rendering the node monitoring less interesting.
Now, the format handling is done by each application. The node
monitoring is removed, instead the apps will scan the plugin directory
when first using the media kit classes. Restarting the application is
needed to update the media formats list.
* The media_addon_server before unloading addons need to be sure the nodes are deleted.
For instance, applications could keep references on global nodes, thus preventing deletion.
To release all references, the media_addon server uses a new method BMediaRosterEx::ReleaseNodeAll().
* Quit the MediaRoster looper when quitting media_addon server before unloading addons.
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accessible from the outside.
* Instead, request_data now retrieves/releases a reply port on its own.
* There were some more places that still used write_port()/read_port() instead
of QueryServer().
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usual structures.
* Also, they now use the QueryServer()/SendToServer() functions instead of
duplicating them.
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* Fixed at least two reference counting problems, but nodes from killed teams
still remain alive (will look into this at a later point).
* GetLiveNodes() is now using transfer_area() as well.
* Made all sizes in the SendTo*() and Query*() functions size_t.
* Replaced reinterpret_casts with static_casts when casting void pointers.
* Ordered the request/reply structures by target.
* Tried to consolidate the use of add_on vs. addon.
* More cleanup.
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into smaller parts:
media_addon_server:
* Removed (broken) use of (broken and inefficient) home-brewn Map, and List
classes. This also fixes a crash on shutdown when used with the malloc_debug
implementation. It's using stl::vector, and stl::map now instead.
_shared_buffer_list:
* Renamed _shared_buffer_list to SharedBufferList, and put it into the BPrivate
namespace. Also, made a class out of it.
* Separated shared buffer list creation from cloning.
* Enlarged maximum number of buffers to something that is not that evil, but
actually uses the space it has (ie. is a useful multiple of
shared_buffer_info that fills a multiple of B_PAGE_SIZE as much as possible).
* No longer drops into the debugger if the
* The list that is currently used is very inefficient for the features it
provides though (no change there).
_buffer_id_cache:
* Renamed to BufferCache, and put it into the private namespace
* It now deletes its buffers on deletion; since the BBufferConsumer will be
gone, too, at this point, there is little chance that there are still buffers
in use.
* Also, it's now using std::map instead of the (see above) Map class.
BBuffer:
* Got rid of the fBufferID member.
Misc.:
* Got rid of the global "team" variable; the media kit is now using the
private app kit's current_team() now.
* Added a lot of missing error checks (mostly memory allocations).
* Renamed fields like "flavorid" to flavor_id, renamed "dfi_*" fields to
something more detailed.
* Moved ServerInterface.h from src/servers/media/ to headers/private/media.
* Notifications.h was not self contained.
* Added missing licenses.
* Lots of cleanups, and coding style fixes.
What this doesn't fix:
* Bug #4954 which started all this (this comes next, though)
* Deinitialization is broken, as the PortPool is uninitialized too early, and
still used afterwards.
* The strange add-on monitoring code in the media_addon_server
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