libvlc_release: can we know when refcounter reaches 0

[badgeror]

Hi,

Ok here's my problem:
- I'm doing multiple streams in a multi-threaded software. No problem.
- I'm creating a libvlc_instance on first connection then retaining each time a new connection comes in. Still no problem.
- When stopping one of the streams I make a call to libvlc_release. still no problem

Now when stopping the last stream libvlc_release will destroy the libvl_instance_t* that was first created. That's all fine and dandy unless I want to open a new connection as my instance has not been set to NULL and using it as argument of libvlc_maintain will crash as the instance has been released...

So is there a way to get the result of the libvlc_release operation (i.e. can we know if instance has been deleted or its ref counter simply decremented)?

Thanks for any help on this one...

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

No.

[badgeror]

Ok seems good to me, I'll just stop retaining and release instance at program exit...