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Using the source code for VLC 1.0.0, in the file vlc\extras\contrib\src\ffmpeg\libswscale\swscale_internal.h, I am increasing the value of VOF from 2048 to 20480 so that larger image/video resolutions may be displayed.

Once I do this, using cygwin, I do a "make clean", "make", and then "make install" in the directory vlc\extras\contrib\src\ffmpeg.
Then I go into the directory vlc\modules\video_filter and do a "make clean" and then a "make" in order to generate a new libswscale_plugin.dll file.

I then add this new libswscale_plugin.dll file to the plugin directory of fresh VLC 1.0.0 binaries that I have downloaded from VideoLan.

Now, whenever I load in any image size (whether it be 640x480 or 4096x4096), I always get the following error:
"No suitable decoder module:
VLC does not support the audio or video "fake". Unfortunately there is no way for you to fix this."

However, if I replace the libswscale_plugin.dll with the original one that came with the fresh VLC 1.0.0 binaries, everything is fine again and I can run those image sizes.

Any suggestions as to what I am doing wrong, or as to how to allow for larger images/videos sizes?

Thanks.

Open Tools -> Messages... (set Verbosity to 2) before opening the media file and it should display more messages.

Here is some of the output that shows the three error messages that are reported (note that no image is ever displayed)...Are there other modules I need to recompile if I make changes to libswscale?
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main debug: looking for decoder module: 36 candidates
main debug: creating access '' path='C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Webb\Desktop\STUFF-KEEP\images\circle640x480.jpg'
main debug: looking for access module: 5 candidates
vcd debug: trying .cue file: C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Webb\Desktop\STUFF-KEEP\images\circle640x480.cue
vcd debug: could not find .cue file
access_file debug: opening file `C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Webb\Desktop\STUFF-KEEP\images\circle640x480.jpg'
main debug: using access module "access_file"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 39.000 ms - Total 39.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 39.000 ms)
main debug: Using AStream*Stream
main debug: pre buffering
main debug: received first data after 20 ms
main debug: pre-buffering done 1024 bytes in 0s - 49 kbytes/s
main debug: removing module "access_file"
main debug: looking for decoder module: 36 candidates
avcodec debug: libavcodec initialized (interface 0x342000)
avcodec debug: using direct rendering
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (Motion JPEG Video) started
main debug: using decoder module "avcodec"
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 1566.000 ms - Total 1566.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 1566.000 ms)
main debug: looking for video filter2 module: 20 candidates
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 609.000 ms - Total 609.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 609.000 ms)
main debug: no video filter found
avcodec debug: ffmpeg codec (Motion JPEG Video) stopped
main debug: removing module "avcodec"
fake error: unable to read image file C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Webb\Desktop\STUFF-KEEP\images\circle640x480.jpg
invmem error: --vmem-width and --vmem-height must be > 0
main debug: TIMER module_need() : 3039.000 ms - Total 3039.000 ms / 1 intvls (Avg 3039.000 ms)
main error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `fake'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
main debug: killing decoder fourcc `fake', 0 PES in FIFO
main debug: `C:\Documents and Settings\Steven Webb\Desktop\STUFF-KEEP\images\circle640x480.jpg' successfully opened
main debug: Buffering 0%
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Thanks

One thing to add, is even if I just leave the VOF value as its original value, and then perform the compile procedure I described above, I get the same error.

One thing to add, is even if I just leave the VOF value as its original value, and then perform the compile procedure I described above, I get the same error.

Then I would have to guess that for some reason the .DLL you generate, isn't fully compatible with VLC.