-VLC_EXPORT( sout_access_out_t *,sout_AccessOutNew, ( sout_instance_t *, char *psz_access, char *psz_name ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( void, sout_AccessOutDelete, ( sout_access_out_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutSeek, ( sout_access_out_t *, off_t ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutRead, ( sout_access_out_t *, block_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutWrite, ( sout_access_out_t *, block_t * ) );
-VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutControl,( sout_access_out_t *, int, va_list ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( sout_access_out_t *,sout_AccessOutNew, ( vlc_object_t *, const char *psz_access, const char *psz_name ) LIBVLC_USED );
+#define sout_AccessOutNew( obj, access, name ) \
+ sout_AccessOutNew( VLC_OBJECT(obj), access, name )
+VLC_EXPORT( void, sout_AccessOutDelete, ( sout_access_out_t * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutSeek, ( sout_access_out_t *, off_t ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( ssize_t, sout_AccessOutRead, ( sout_access_out_t *, block_t * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( ssize_t, sout_AccessOutWrite, ( sout_access_out_t *, block_t * ) );
+VLC_EXPORT( int, sout_AccessOutControl, ( sout_access_out_t *, int, ... ) );
+
+static inline bool sout_AccessOutCanControlPace( sout_access_out_t *p_ao )
+{
+ bool b;
+ if( sout_AccessOutControl( p_ao, ACCESS_OUT_CONTROLS_PACE, &b ) )
+ return true;
+ return b;
+}