Logger usage help

[mr-b]

Hi

Is there any info on how to use logging via the logger?

I'm finding a few odd things and I think it'd be helpful if there was some info on how it's meant to work.
For example It's not clear how the verbosity levels are related e.g. how does default relate to Info vs Debug? I'd expect debug to be the most verbose and Error the least, but the drop down order doesn't reflect this, and the log contains lots of "warning" events even when set to "error".

Then I've experimented changing the log filename to reflect the logging level and various parameters being tested but it appears that the old filename is still written to after the filename has changed. I've found the only sure way is to completely exit VLC and restart it for the filename to be updated. Is this intentional?

Finally is there any way to obtain timestamps for the log events as it's really hard to correlate stream events e.g. freezing etc. with the log.
Currently I'm trying to compare logs when no error occurs with ones where the error has occurred, but it's tricky with the volumes of data.