libvlc.dll much smaller than in older versions

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libvlc.dll much smaller than in older versions

Postby Beginner1 » 15 Nov 2008 07:43

I use libvlc.dll in my C++ application. Now I see that its only 102 kbyte instead of around 2 mbyte as it was in older versions.
Does it support all the exported functions as did the older one?
Is there any documentation that refers to that?
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Re: libvlc.dll much smaller than in older versions

Postby VLC_help » 15 Nov 2008 15:33

It was splitted to smaller pieces. It needs now the avcodec-51.dll, libfreetype-6.dll etc. from VLC main folder to work.

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Re: libvlc.dll much smaller than in older versions

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 15 Nov 2008 16:51

Well not exactly.

libvlc and libvlccore have been splitted for a start (see libvlccore.dll is around 0.9MB)
Then, libvlccore needs libiconv-2.dll and libgcrypt-11.dll to work.

Some other plugins (libavcodec and libavformat for example) need additionnal libraries.
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