Plugin Score -1

[orineu]

I'm just curious. I read that the plugin score refers to the plugin's priority, and if it has a priority of 0 it has to be called manually. What if it has a score of -1, or any negative number for that matter?

[VLC_help]

I am under impression that -1 is something that you really have to call manually. 0 is just the lowest "automated" priority plugin can have
http://mailman.videolan.org/pipermail/v ... 13534.html

[orineu]

So there's absolutely no chance that the mms input plugin would run on it's own? But I don't see a plugin serving the same function with a higher priority. To request a plugin manually, I thought you had to use the command prompt. But I put an mms link into the network stream box in the gui, and VLC handled it perfectly. Did that "call" or "request" it? Or something else? Or is there another plugin that handles mms:*.wmv streams that has a higher priority?

[VLC_help]

You can override access, demux and codec either via command-line or via VLC preferences. If you open Tools -> Messages (set Verbosity to 2) before you start the playback, it should list the opening chain and plugins the VLC tried for that stream.

[orineu]

Haha! I would have no idea how to check what overrides had been set. (Don't think any have been!)

Hm, I looked at the messages window, and I think it's using the "access_mms" module. I would assume that's the same plugin that is listed with the -1 score.

From Plugins window:

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| Name | Capability | Score | | ... | ... | ... | | Microsoft Media Server (MMS) input | access | -1 | | ... | ... | ... |

From Messages window:

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main debug: looking for access module: 1 candidate access_mms debug: waiting for connection... main debug: net: connecting to learning.fresno.edu port 1755 qt4 debug: IM: Setting an input main debug: connection succeeded (socket = 1384)

and later...

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access_mms debug: streaming started main debug: using access module "access_mms"