]> git.sesse.net Git - vlc/blobdiff - src/stream_output/stream_output.c
Updated copyrights in libvlc
[vlc] / src / stream_output / stream_output.c
index 72e08ff59265b414ea00cd166266565e63ed7096..c818aee50335a95740cea39f608176569416909e 100644 (file)
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /*****************************************************************************
  * stream_output.c : stream output module
  *****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (C) 2002 VideoLAN
- * $Id: stream_output.c,v 1.13 2003/02/16 14:10:44 fenrir Exp $
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2004 VideoLAN
+ * $Id: stream_output.c,v 1.37 2004/01/06 12:02:06 zorglub Exp $
  *
  * Authors: Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
  *          Laurent Aimar <fenrir@via.ecp.fr>
- *          Erioc Petit <titer@videolan.org>
+ *          Eric Petit <titer@videolan.org>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Local prototypes
  *****************************************************************************/
-static int      InitInstance      ( sout_instance_t * );
+static void sout_cfg_free( sout_cfg_t * );
+
+#define sout_stream_url_to_chain( p, s ) _sout_stream_url_to_chain( VLC_OBJECT(p), s )
+static char *_sout_stream_url_to_chain( vlc_object_t *, char * );
+
+#define module_NeedStrict(a,b,c) __module_NeedStrict(VLC_OBJECT(a),b,c)
+static module_t *__module_NeedStrict( vlc_object_t *, const char *, const char * );
+
+/*
+ * Generic MRL parser
+ *
+ */
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    char            *psz_access;
+
+    char            *psz_way;
+
+    char *psz_name;
+} mrl_t;
+
+/* mrl_Parse: parse psz_mrl and fill p_mrl */
+static int  mrl_Parse( mrl_t *p_mrl, char *psz_mrl );
+/* mrl_Clean: clean p_mrl  after a call to mrl_Parse */
+static void mrl_Clean( mrl_t *p_mrl );
+
+#define FREE( p ) if( p ) { free( p ); (p) = NULL; }
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  * sout_NewInstance: creates a new stream output instance
@@ -45,9 +72,45 @@ static int      InitInstance      ( sout_instance_t * );
 sout_instance_t * __sout_NewInstance ( vlc_object_t *p_parent,
                                        char * psz_dest )
 {
-    sout_instance_t * p_sout;
+    sout_instance_t *p_sout;
+    vlc_value_t keep;
+
+    if( var_Get( p_parent, "sout-keep", &keep ) < 0 )
+    {
+        msg_Warn( p_parent, "cannot get sout-keep value" );
+        keep.b_bool = VLC_FALSE;
+    }
+    else if( keep.b_bool )
+    {
+        msg_Warn( p_parent, "sout-keep true" );
+        if( ( p_sout = vlc_object_find( p_parent, VLC_OBJECT_SOUT, FIND_ANYWHERE ) ) )
+        {
+            if( !strcmp( p_sout->psz_sout, psz_dest ) )
+            {
+                msg_Warn( p_parent, "sout keep : reusing sout" );
+                msg_Warn( p_parent, "sout keep : you probably want to use gather stream_out" );
+                vlc_object_detach( p_sout );
+                vlc_object_attach( p_sout, p_parent );
+                vlc_object_release( p_sout );
+                return p_sout;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                msg_Warn( p_parent, "sout keep : destroying unusable sout" );
+                sout_DeleteInstance( p_sout );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else if( !keep.b_bool )
+    {
+        while( ( p_sout = vlc_object_find( p_parent, VLC_OBJECT_SOUT, FIND_PARENT ) ) )
+        {
+            msg_Warn( p_parent, "sout keep : destroying old sout" );
+            sout_DeleteInstance( p_sout );
+        }
+    }
 
-    /* Allocate descriptor */
+    /* *** Allocate descriptor *** */
     p_sout = vlc_object_create( p_parent, VLC_OBJECT_SOUT );
     if( p_sout == NULL )
     {
@@ -55,164 +118,142 @@ sout_instance_t * __sout_NewInstance ( vlc_object_t *p_parent,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    p_sout->psz_dest = strdup( psz_dest );
+    /* *** init descriptor *** */
+    p_sout->psz_sout    = strdup( psz_dest );
+    p_sout->i_preheader = 0;
+    p_sout->i_padding   = 0;
+    p_sout->p_sys       = NULL;
+
+    vlc_mutex_init( p_sout, &p_sout->lock );
+    if( psz_dest && psz_dest[0] == '#' )
+    {
+        p_sout->psz_chain = strdup( &psz_dest[1] );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        p_sout->psz_chain = sout_stream_url_to_chain( p_sout, psz_dest );
+        msg_Dbg( p_sout, "using sout chain=`%s'", p_sout->psz_chain );
+    }
+
+    p_sout->p_stream = sout_stream_new( p_sout, p_sout->psz_chain );
 
-    if ( InitInstance( p_sout ) == -1 )
+    if( p_sout->p_stream == NULL )
     {
+        msg_Err( p_sout, "stream chained failed for `%s'", p_sout->psz_chain );
+
+        FREE( p_sout->psz_sout );
+        FREE( p_sout->psz_chain );
+
         vlc_object_destroy( p_sout );
-        return NULL;
+        return( NULL );
     }
 
     vlc_object_attach( p_sout, p_parent );
 
     return p_sout;
 }
-
 /*****************************************************************************
- * InitInstance: opens appropriate modules
+ * sout_DeleteInstance: delete a previously allocated instance
  *****************************************************************************/
-static int InitInstance( sout_instance_t * p_sout )
-{
-    /* Parse dest string. Syntax : [[<access>][/<mux>]:][<dest>] */
-    /* This code is identical to input.c:InitThread. FIXME : factorize it ? */
-    char * psz_parser = p_sout->psz_dest;
-
-    p_sout->psz_access = "";
-    p_sout->psz_mux = "";
-    p_sout->psz_name = "";
-    p_sout->p_access = NULL;
-    p_sout->p_mux = NULL;
-    p_sout->i_mux_preheader = 0;
-    p_sout->i_nb_inputs = 0;
-    p_sout->pp_inputs = NULL;
-    vlc_mutex_init( p_sout, &p_sout->lock );
-
-    /* Skip the plug-in names */
-    while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != ':' )
-    {
-        psz_parser++;
-    }
-#if defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
-    if( psz_parser - p_sout->psz_dest == 1 )
-    {
-        msg_Warn( p_sout, "drive letter %c: found in source string",
-                          *p_sout->psz_dest ) ;
-        psz_parser = "";
-    }
-#endif
+void sout_DeleteInstance( sout_instance_t * p_sout )
+{
+    /* Unlink object */
+    vlc_object_detach( p_sout );
 
-    if( !*psz_parser )
-    {
-        p_sout->psz_access = p_sout->psz_mux = "";
-        p_sout->psz_name = p_sout->psz_dest;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        *psz_parser++ = '\0';
+    /* *** free all string *** */
+    FREE( p_sout->psz_sout );
+    FREE( p_sout->psz_chain );
 
-        /* let's skip '//' */
-        if( psz_parser[0] == '/' && psz_parser[1] == '/' )
-        {
-            psz_parser += 2 ;
-        } 
+    sout_stream_delete( p_sout->p_stream );
+    vlc_mutex_destroy( &p_sout->lock );
 
-        p_sout->psz_name = psz_parser ;
+    /* *** free structure *** */
+    vlc_object_destroy( p_sout );
+}
 
-        /* Come back to parse the access and mux plug-ins */
-        psz_parser = p_sout->psz_dest;
+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Packetizer/Input
+ *****************************************************************************/
+sout_packetizer_input_t *__sout_InputNew( vlc_object_t  *p_this,
+                                          es_format_t *p_fmt )
+{
+    sout_instance_t         *p_sout = NULL;
+    sout_packetizer_input_t *p_input;
 
-        if( !*psz_parser )
-        {
-            /* No access */
-            p_sout->psz_access = "";
-        }
-        else if( *psz_parser == '/' )
-        {
-            /* No access */
-            p_sout->psz_access = "";
-            psz_parser++;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            p_sout->psz_access = psz_parser;
+    /* search an stream output */
+    if( !( p_sout = vlc_object_find( p_this, VLC_OBJECT_SOUT, FIND_ANYWHERE ) ) )
+    {
+        /* can't happen ... */
+        msg_Err( p_this, "cannot find any stream ouput" );
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
-            while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != '/' )
-            {
-                psz_parser++;
-            }
+    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "adding a new input" );
 
-            if( *psz_parser == '/' )
-            {
-                *psz_parser++ = '\0';
-            }
-        }
+    /* *** create a packetizer input *** */
+    p_input         = malloc( sizeof( sout_packetizer_input_t ) );
+    p_input->p_sout = p_sout;
+    p_input->p_fmt  = p_fmt;
 
-        if( !*psz_parser )
-        {
-            /* No mux */
-            p_sout->psz_mux = "";
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            p_sout->psz_mux = psz_parser;
-        }
+    if( p_fmt->i_codec == VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
+    {
+        vlc_object_release( p_sout );
+        return p_input;
     }
 
-    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "access `%s', mux `%s', name `%s'",
-             p_sout->psz_access, p_sout->psz_mux, p_sout->psz_name );
+    /* *** add it to the stream chain */
+    vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
+    p_input->id = p_sout->p_stream->pf_add( p_sout->p_stream,
+                                            p_fmt );
+    vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
 
+    vlc_object_release( p_sout );
 
-    /* Find and open appropriate access module */
-    p_sout->p_access =
-        sout_AccessOutNew( p_sout, p_sout->psz_access, p_sout->psz_name );
-    if( p_sout->p_access == NULL )
+    if( p_input->id == NULL )
     {
-        msg_Err( p_sout, "no suitable sout access module for `%s/%s://%s'",
-                 p_sout->psz_access, p_sout->psz_mux, p_sout->psz_name );
-        return -1;
+        free( p_input );
+        return( NULL );
     }
 
+    return( p_input );
+}
 
-    /* Find and open appropriate mux module */
-    p_sout->p_mux =
-        module_Need( p_sout, "sout mux", p_sout->psz_mux );
 
-    if( p_sout->p_mux == NULL )
-    {
-        msg_Err( p_sout, "no suitable mux module for `%s/%s://%s'",
-                 p_sout->psz_access, p_sout->psz_mux, p_sout->psz_name );
+int sout_InputDelete( sout_packetizer_input_t *p_input )
+{
+    sout_instance_t     *p_sout = p_input->p_sout;
+
+    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "removing an input" );
 
-        sout_AccessDelete( p_sout->p_access );
-        return -1;
+    if( p_input->p_fmt->i_codec != VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
+    {
+        vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
+        p_sout->p_stream->pf_del( p_sout->p_stream, p_input->id );
+        vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
     }
 
-    p_sout->i_nb_inputs = 0;
-    p_sout->pp_inputs = NULL;
+    free( p_input );
 
-    return 0;
+    return( VLC_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 
-/*****************************************************************************
- * sout_DeleteInstance: delete a previously allocated instance
- *****************************************************************************/
-void sout_DeleteInstance( sout_instance_t * p_sout )
+int sout_InputSendBuffer( sout_packetizer_input_t *p_input, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
 {
-    /* Unlink object */
-    vlc_object_detach( p_sout );
-    if( p_sout->p_mux )
-    {
-        module_Unneed( p_sout, p_sout->p_mux );
-    }
-    if( p_sout->p_access )
+    sout_instance_t     *p_sout = p_input->p_sout;
+    int                 i_ret;
+
+    if( p_input->p_fmt->i_codec == VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
     {
-        sout_AccessDelete( p_sout->p_access );
+        sout_BufferDelete( p_input->p_sout, p_buffer );
+        return VLC_SUCCESS;
     }
 
-    vlc_mutex_destroy( &p_sout->lock );
+    vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
+    i_ret = p_sout->p_stream->pf_send( p_sout->p_stream, p_input->id, p_buffer );
+    vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
 
-    /* Free structure */
-    vlc_object_destroy( p_sout );
+    return i_ret;
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -222,6 +263,7 @@ sout_access_out_t *sout_AccessOutNew( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
                                       char *psz_access, char *psz_name )
 {
     sout_access_out_t *p_access;
+    char              *psz_next;
 
     if( !( p_access = vlc_object_create( p_sout,
                                          sizeof( sout_access_out_t ) ) ) )
@@ -229,21 +271,27 @@ sout_access_out_t *sout_AccessOutNew( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
         msg_Err( p_sout, "out of memory" );
         return NULL;
     }
-    p_access->psz_access = strdup( psz_access ? psz_access : "" );
+
+    psz_next = sout_cfg_parser( &p_access->psz_access, &p_access->p_cfg, psz_access );
+    if( psz_next )
+    {
+        free( psz_next );
+    }
     p_access->psz_name   = strdup( psz_name ? psz_name : "" );
     p_access->p_sout     = p_sout;
     p_access->p_sys = NULL;
     p_access->pf_seek    = NULL;
     p_access->pf_write   = NULL;
 
-    p_access->p_module   = module_Need( p_access,
-                                        "sout access",
-                                        p_access->psz_access );;
+    p_access->p_module   =
+        module_NeedStrict( p_access, "sout access", p_access->psz_access );
 
     if( !p_access->p_module )
     {
+        free( p_access->psz_access );
+        free( p_access->psz_name );
         vlc_object_destroy( p_access );
-        p_access = NULL;
+        return( NULL );
     }
 
     return p_access;
@@ -251,13 +299,16 @@ sout_access_out_t *sout_AccessOutNew( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
 /*****************************************************************************
  * sout_AccessDelete: delete an access out
  *****************************************************************************/
-void sout_AccessDelete( sout_access_out_t *p_access )
+void sout_AccessOutDelete( sout_access_out_t *p_access )
 {
     if( p_access->p_module )
     {
         module_Unneed( p_access, p_access->p_module );
     }
     free( p_access->psz_access );
+
+    sout_cfg_free( p_access->p_cfg );
+
     free( p_access->psz_name );
 
     vlc_object_destroy( p_access );
@@ -266,7 +317,7 @@ void sout_AccessDelete( sout_access_out_t *p_access )
 /*****************************************************************************
  * sout_AccessSeek:
  *****************************************************************************/
-int  sout_AccessSeek( sout_access_out_t *p_access, off_t i_pos )
+int  sout_AccessOutSeek( sout_access_out_t *p_access, off_t i_pos )
 {
     return( p_access->pf_seek( p_access, i_pos ) );
 }
@@ -274,173 +325,204 @@ int  sout_AccessSeek( sout_access_out_t *p_access, off_t i_pos )
 /*****************************************************************************
  * sout_AccessWrite:
  *****************************************************************************/
-int  sout_AccessWrite( sout_access_out_t *p_access, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
+int  sout_AccessOutWrite( sout_access_out_t *p_access, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
 {
     return( p_access->pf_write( p_access, p_buffer ) );
 }
 
 
-
 /*****************************************************************************
- *
+ * MuxNew: allocate a new mux
  *****************************************************************************/
-sout_input_t *__sout_InputNew( vlc_object_t *p_this,
-                                sout_packet_format_t *p_format )
+sout_mux_t * sout_MuxNew         ( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
+                                   char *psz_mux,
+                                   sout_access_out_t *p_access )
 {
-    sout_instance_t *p_sout = NULL;
-    sout_input_t    *p_input;
-    int             i_try;
+    sout_mux_t *p_mux;
+    char       *psz_next;
 
-    /* search an stream output */
-    for( i_try = 0; i_try < 200; i_try++ )
+    p_mux = vlc_object_create( p_sout,
+                               sizeof( sout_mux_t ) );
+    if( p_mux == NULL )
     {
-        p_sout = vlc_object_find( p_this, VLC_OBJECT_SOUT, FIND_ANYWHERE );
-        if( !p_sout )
-        {
-            msleep( 100*1000 );
-            msg_Dbg( p_this, "waiting for sout" );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            break;
-        }
+        msg_Err( p_sout, "out of memory" );
+        return NULL;
     }
 
-    if( !p_sout )
+    p_mux->p_sout       = p_sout;
+    psz_next = sout_cfg_parser( &p_mux->psz_mux, &p_mux->p_cfg, psz_mux );
+    if( psz_next )
     {
-        msg_Err( p_this, "cannot find any stream ouput" );
-        return( NULL );
+        free( psz_next );
     }
+    p_mux->p_access     = p_access;
+    p_mux->i_preheader  = 0;
+    p_mux->pf_capacity  = NULL;
+    p_mux->pf_addstream = NULL;
+    p_mux->pf_delstream = NULL;
+    p_mux->pf_mux       = NULL;
+    p_mux->i_nb_inputs  = 0;
+    p_mux->pp_inputs    = NULL;
 
-    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "adding a new input" );
+    p_mux->p_sys        = NULL;
 
-    /* create a new sout input */
-    p_input = malloc( sizeof( sout_input_t ) );
+    p_mux->p_module     =
+        module_NeedStrict( p_mux, "sout mux", p_mux->psz_mux );
 
-    p_input->p_sout = p_sout;
-    vlc_mutex_init( p_sout, &p_input->lock );
-    memcpy( &p_input->input_format,
-            p_format,
-            sizeof( sout_packet_format_t ) );
-    p_input->p_fifo = sout_FifoCreate( p_sout );
-    p_input->p_mux_data = NULL;
+    if( p_mux->p_module == NULL )
+    {
+        FREE( p_mux->psz_mux );
+
+        vlc_object_destroy( p_mux );
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
-    if( p_input->input_format.i_fourcc != VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
+    /* *** probe mux capacity *** */
+    if( p_mux->pf_capacity )
     {
-        /* add this new one to p_sout */
-        vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
-        if( p_sout->i_nb_inputs == 0 )
+        int b_answer;
+        if( p_mux->pf_capacity( p_mux,
+                                SOUT_MUX_CAP_GET_ADD_STREAM_ANY_TIME, NULL,
+                                (void*)&b_answer ) != SOUT_MUX_CAP_ERR_OK )
         {
-            p_sout->pp_inputs = malloc( sizeof( sout_input_t * ) );
+            b_answer = VLC_FALSE;
         }
-        else
+        if( b_answer )
         {
-            p_sout->pp_inputs = realloc( p_sout->pp_inputs,
-                                        sizeof( sout_input_t * ) *
-                                                ( p_sout->i_nb_inputs + 1 ) );
-        }
-        p_sout->pp_inputs[p_sout->i_nb_inputs] = p_input;
-        p_sout->i_nb_inputs++;
+            msg_Dbg( p_sout, "muxer support adding stream at any time" );
+            p_mux->b_add_stream_any_time = VLC_TRUE;
+            p_mux->b_waiting_stream = VLC_FALSE;
 
-        if( p_sout->pf_mux_addstream( p_sout, p_input ) < 0 )
+            if( p_mux->pf_capacity( p_mux,
+                                    SOUT_MUX_CAP_GET_ADD_STREAM_WAIT, NULL,
+                                    (void*)&b_answer ) != SOUT_MUX_CAP_ERR_OK )
+            {
+                b_answer = VLC_FALSE;
+            }
+            if( b_answer )
+            {
+                msg_Dbg( p_sout, "muxer prefers waiting for all ES before "
+                         "starting muxing" );
+                p_mux->b_waiting_stream = VLC_TRUE;
+            }
+        }
+        else
         {
-            msg_Err( p_sout, "cannot add this stream" );
+            p_mux->b_add_stream_any_time = VLC_FALSE;
+            p_mux->b_waiting_stream = VLC_TRUE;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        p_mux->b_add_stream_any_time = VLC_FALSE;
+        p_mux->b_waiting_stream = VLC_TRUE;
+    }
+    p_mux->i_add_stream_start = -1;
 
-            vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
-            sout_InputDelete( p_input );
-            vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
+    return p_mux;
+}
 
-            p_input = NULL;
-        }
-        vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
+void sout_MuxDelete( sout_mux_t *p_mux )
+{
+    if( p_mux->p_module )
+    {
+        module_Unneed( p_mux, p_mux->p_module );
     }
+    free( p_mux->psz_mux );
 
-    vlc_object_release( p_sout );
+    sout_cfg_free( p_mux->p_cfg );
 
-    return( p_input );
+    vlc_object_destroy( p_mux );
 }
 
-
-int sout_InputDelete( sout_input_t *p_input )
+sout_input_t *sout_MuxAddStream( sout_mux_t *p_mux, es_format_t *p_fmt )
 {
-    sout_instance_t     *p_sout = p_input->p_sout;
-    int                 i_input;
+    sout_input_t *p_input;
 
+    if( !p_mux->b_add_stream_any_time && !p_mux->b_waiting_stream )
+    {
+        msg_Err( p_mux, "cannot add a new stream (unsuported while muxing "
+                        "for this format)" );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if( p_mux->i_add_stream_start < 0 )
+    {
+        /* we wait for one second */
+        p_mux->i_add_stream_start = mdate();
+    }
 
-    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "removing an input" );
-
-    vlc_mutex_lock( &p_sout->lock );
+    msg_Dbg( p_mux, "adding a new input" );
 
-    sout_FifoDestroy( p_sout, p_input->p_fifo );
-    vlc_mutex_destroy( &p_input->lock );
+    /* create a new sout input */
+    p_input = malloc( sizeof( sout_input_t ) );
+    p_input->p_sout = p_mux->p_sout;
+    p_input->p_fmt  = p_fmt;
+    p_input->p_fifo = sout_FifoCreate( p_mux->p_sout );
+    p_input->p_sys  = NULL;
 
-    for( i_input = 0; i_input < p_sout->i_nb_inputs; i_input++ )
+    TAB_APPEND( p_mux->i_nb_inputs, p_mux->pp_inputs, p_input );
+    if( p_mux->pf_addstream( p_mux, p_input ) < 0 )
     {
-        if( p_sout->pp_inputs[i_input] == p_input )
-        {
-            break;
-        }
+            msg_Err( p_mux, "cannot add this stream" );
+            TAB_REMOVE( p_mux->i_nb_inputs, p_mux->pp_inputs, p_input );
+            sout_FifoDestroy( p_mux->p_sout, p_input->p_fifo );
+            free( p_input );
+            return( NULL );
     }
-    if( i_input < p_sout->i_nb_inputs )
+
+    return( p_input );
+}
+
+void sout_MuxDeleteStream     ( sout_mux_t *p_mux,
+                                sout_input_t *p_input )
+{
+    int i_index;
+
+    TAB_FIND( p_mux->i_nb_inputs, p_mux->pp_inputs, p_input, i_index );
+    if( i_index >= 0 )
     {
-        if( p_sout->pf_mux_delstream( p_sout, p_input ) < 0 )
+        if( p_mux->pf_delstream( p_mux, p_input ) < 0 )
         {
-            msg_Err( p_sout, "cannot del this stream from mux" );
+            msg_Err( p_mux, "cannot del this stream from mux" );
         }
 
         /* remove the entry */
-        if( p_sout->i_nb_inputs > 1 )
-        {
-            memmove( &p_sout->pp_inputs[i_input],
-                     &p_sout->pp_inputs[i_input+1],
-                     (p_sout->i_nb_inputs - i_input - 1) * sizeof( sout_input_t*) );
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            free( p_sout->pp_inputs );
-        }
-        p_sout->i_nb_inputs--;
+        TAB_REMOVE( p_mux->i_nb_inputs, p_mux->pp_inputs, p_input );
 
-        if( p_sout->i_nb_inputs == 0 )
+        if( p_mux->i_nb_inputs == 0 )
         {
-            msg_Warn( p_sout, "no more input stream" );
+            msg_Warn( p_mux, "no more input stream for this mux" );
         }
-    }
-    else if( p_input->input_format.i_fourcc != VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
-    {
-        msg_Err( p_sout, "cannot find the input to be deleted" );
-    }
-
-    free( p_input );
 
-    vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_sout->lock );
-
-    return( 0 );
+        sout_FifoDestroy( p_mux->p_sout, p_input->p_fifo );
+        free( p_input );
+    }
 }
 
-
-int sout_InputSendBuffer( sout_input_t *p_input, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
+void sout_MuxSendBuffer       ( sout_mux_t    *p_mux,
+                                sout_input_t  *p_input,
+                                sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
 {
-/*    msg_Dbg( p_input->p_sout,
-             "send buffer, size:%d", p_buffer->i_size ); */
+    sout_FifoPut( p_input->p_fifo, p_buffer );
 
-    if( p_input->input_format.i_fourcc != VLC_FOURCC( 'n', 'u', 'l', 'l' ) )
+    if( p_mux->b_waiting_stream )
     {
-        sout_FifoPut( p_input->p_fifo, p_buffer );
-
-        vlc_mutex_lock( &p_input->p_sout->lock );
-        p_input->p_sout->pf_mux( p_input->p_sout );
-        vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_input->p_sout->lock );
-
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        sout_BufferDelete( p_input->p_sout, p_buffer );
+        if( p_mux->i_add_stream_start > 0 &&
+            p_mux->i_add_stream_start + (mtime_t)1500000 < mdate() )
+        {
+            /* more than 1.5 second, start muxing */
+            p_mux->b_waiting_stream = VLC_FALSE;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return;
+        }
     }
-
-    return( 0 );
+    p_mux->pf_mux( p_mux );
 }
 
+
+
 sout_fifo_t *sout_FifoCreate( sout_instance_t *p_sout )
 {
     sout_fifo_t *p_fifo;
@@ -459,7 +541,7 @@ sout_fifo_t *sout_FifoCreate( sout_instance_t *p_sout )
     return( p_fifo );
 }
 
-void       sout_FifoFree( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
+void sout_FifoFree( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
 {
     sout_buffer_t *p_buffer;
 
@@ -476,7 +558,7 @@ void       sout_FifoFree( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
 
     return;
 }
-void       sout_FifoDestroy( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
+void sout_FifoDestroy( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
 {
     sout_FifoFree( p_sout, p_fifo );
     vlc_mutex_destroy( &p_fifo->lock );
@@ -485,7 +567,7 @@ void       sout_FifoDestroy( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
     free( p_fifo );
 }
 
-void        sout_FifoPut( sout_fifo_t *p_fifo, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
+void sout_FifoPut( sout_fifo_t *p_fifo, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer )
 {
     vlc_mutex_lock( &p_fifo->lock );
 
@@ -552,51 +634,64 @@ sout_buffer_t *sout_FifoShow( sout_fifo_t *p_fifo )
 sout_buffer_t *sout_BufferNew( sout_instance_t *p_sout, size_t i_size )
 {
     sout_buffer_t *p_buffer;
-    size_t        i_prehader;
+    size_t        i_preheader, i_padding;
+
+    p_buffer = malloc( sizeof( sout_buffer_t ) );
+    i_preheader = p_sout->i_preheader;
+    i_padding = p_sout->i_padding;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_BUFFER
-    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "allocating an new buffer, size:%d", (uint32_t)i_size );
+    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "allocating an new buffer, size:%d, preheader:%d, "
+             "padding:%d", (uint32_t)i_size, i_preheader, i_padding );
 #endif
 
-    p_buffer = malloc( sizeof( sout_buffer_t ) );
-    i_prehader = p_sout->i_mux_preheader;
-
     if( i_size > 0 )
     {
-        p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer = malloc( i_size + i_prehader );
-        p_buffer->p_buffer = p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_prehader;
+        p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer =
+            malloc( i_size + i_preheader + i_padding );
+        p_buffer->p_buffer = p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_preheader;
+
+        if( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer && i_padding )
+            memset( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_size + i_preheader, 0,
+                    i_padding );
     }
     else
     {
         p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer = NULL;
         p_buffer->p_buffer = NULL;
     }
-    p_buffer->i_allocated_size = i_size + i_prehader;
+    p_buffer->i_allocated_size = i_size + i_preheader + i_padding;
     p_buffer->i_buffer_size = i_size;
 
-    p_buffer->i_size = i_size;
-    p_buffer->i_length = 0;
-    p_buffer->i_dts = 0;
-    p_buffer->i_pts = 0;
+    p_buffer->i_size    = i_size;
+    p_buffer->i_length  = 0;
+    p_buffer->i_dts     = 0;
+    p_buffer->i_pts     = 0;
     p_buffer->i_bitrate = 0;
+    p_buffer->i_flags   = 0x0000;
     p_buffer->p_next = NULL;
 
     return( p_buffer );
 }
-int sout_BufferRealloc( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer, size_t i_size )
+
+int sout_BufferRealloc( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer,
+                        size_t i_size )
 {
-    size_t          i_prehader;
+    size_t i_preheader, i_padding;
+
+    i_preheader = p_buffer->p_buffer - p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer;
+    i_padding =  p_buffer->i_allocated_size - p_buffer->i_buffer_size
+                 - i_preheader;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_BUFFER
-    msg_Dbg( p_sout,
-             "realloc buffer old size:%d new size:%d",
-             (uint32_t)p_buffer->i_allocated_size,
-             (uint32_t)i_size );
+    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "realloc buffer old size:%d new size:%d, preheader:%d, "
+             "padding:%d", (uint32_t)p_buffer->i_allocated_size,
+             (uint32_t)i_size, i_preheader, i_padding );
 #endif
 
-    i_prehader = p_buffer->p_buffer - p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer;
-
-    if( !( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer = realloc( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer, i_size + i_prehader ) ) )
+    if( !( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer =
+           realloc( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer,
+                    i_size + i_preheader + i_padding ) ) )
     {
         msg_Err( p_sout, "realloc failed" );
         p_buffer->i_allocated_size = 0;
@@ -605,17 +700,22 @@ int sout_BufferRealloc( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer, size_t
         p_buffer->p_buffer = NULL;
         return( -1 );
     }
-    p_buffer->p_buffer = p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_prehader;
+    p_buffer->p_buffer = p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_preheader;
 
-    p_buffer->i_allocated_size = i_size + i_prehader;
+    p_buffer->i_allocated_size = i_size + i_preheader + i_padding;
     p_buffer->i_buffer_size = i_size;
 
+    if( i_padding )
+        memset( p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer + i_size + i_preheader, 0,
+                i_padding );
+
     return( 0 );
 }
 
-int sout_BufferReallocFromPreHeader( sout_instance_t *p_sout, sout_buffer_t *p_buffer, size_t i_size )
+int sout_BufferReallocFromPreHeader( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
+                                     sout_buffer_t *p_buffer, size_t i_size )
 {
-    size_t  i_preheader;
+    size_t i_preheader;
 
     i_preheader = p_buffer->p_buffer - p_buffer->p_allocated_buffer;
 
@@ -655,6 +755,7 @@ sout_buffer_t *sout_BufferDuplicate( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
     p_dup->i_dts    = p_buffer->i_dts;
     p_dup->i_pts    = p_buffer->i_pts;
     p_dup->i_length = p_buffer->i_length;
+    p_dup->i_flags  = p_buffer->i_flags;
     p_sout->p_vlc->pf_memcpy( p_dup->p_buffer, p_buffer->p_buffer, p_buffer->i_size );
 
     return( p_dup );
@@ -667,7 +768,7 @@ void sout_BufferChain( sout_buffer_t **pp_chain,
     {
         *pp_chain = p_buffer;
     }
-    else
+    else if( p_buffer != NULL )
     {
         sout_buffer_t *p = *pp_chain;
 
@@ -679,3 +780,505 @@ void sout_BufferChain( sout_buffer_t **pp_chain,
         p->p_next = p_buffer;
     }
 }
+
+static int  mrl_Parse( mrl_t *p_mrl, char *psz_mrl )
+{
+    char * psz_dup = strdup( psz_mrl );
+    char * psz_parser = psz_dup;
+    char * psz_access = "";
+    char * psz_way = "";
+    char * psz_name = "";
+
+    /* *** first parse psz_dest */
+    while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != ':' )
+    {
+        if( *psz_parser == '{' )
+        {
+            while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != '}' )
+            {
+                psz_parser++;
+            }
+            if( *psz_parser )
+            {
+                psz_parser++;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            psz_parser++;
+        }
+    }
+#if defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
+    if( psz_parser - psz_dup == 1 )
+    {
+        /* msg_Warn( p_sout, "drive letter %c: found in source string",
+                          *psz_dup ) ; */
+        psz_parser = "";
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if( !*psz_parser )
+    {
+        psz_access = psz_way = "";
+        psz_name = psz_dup;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        *psz_parser++ = '\0';
+
+        /* let's skip '//' */
+        if( psz_parser[0] == '/' && psz_parser[1] == '/' )
+        {
+            psz_parser += 2 ;
+        }
+
+        psz_name = psz_parser ;
+
+        /* Come back to parse the access and mux plug-ins */
+        psz_parser = psz_dup;
+
+        if( !*psz_parser )
+        {
+            /* No access */
+            psz_access = "";
+        }
+        else if( *psz_parser == '/' )
+        {
+            /* No access */
+            psz_access = "";
+            psz_parser++;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            psz_access = psz_parser;
+
+            while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != '/' )
+            {
+                if( *psz_parser == '{' )
+                {
+                    while( *psz_parser && *psz_parser != '}' )
+                    {
+                        psz_parser++;
+                    }
+                    if( *psz_parser )
+                    {
+                        psz_parser++;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    psz_parser++;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if( *psz_parser == '/' )
+            {
+                *psz_parser++ = '\0';
+            }
+        }
+
+        if( !*psz_parser )
+        {
+            /* No mux */
+            psz_way = "";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            psz_way = psz_parser;
+        }
+    }
+
+    p_mrl->psz_access = strdup( psz_access );
+    p_mrl->psz_way    = strdup( psz_way );
+    p_mrl->psz_name   = strdup( psz_name );
+
+    free( psz_dup );
+    return( VLC_SUCCESS );
+}
+
+
+/* mrl_Clean: clean p_mrl  after a call to mrl_Parse */
+static void mrl_Clean( mrl_t *p_mrl )
+{
+    FREE( p_mrl->psz_access );
+    FREE( p_mrl->psz_way );
+    FREE( p_mrl->psz_name );
+}
+
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ ****************************************************************************
+ **
+ **
+ **
+ ****************************************************************************
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/* create a complete chain */
+/* chain format:
+    module{option=*:option=*}[:module{option=*:...}]
+ */
+
+static char *_strndup( char *str, int i_len )
+{
+    char *p;
+
+    p = malloc( i_len + 1 );
+    strncpy( p, str, i_len );
+    p[i_len] = '\0';
+
+    return( p );
+}
+
+/*
+ * parse module{options=str, option="str "}:
+ *  return a pointer on the rest
+ *  XXX: psz_chain is modified
+ */
+#define SKIPSPACE( p ) { while( *p && ( *p == ' ' || *p == '\t' ) ) p++; }
+/* go accross " " and { } */
+static char *_get_chain_end( char *str )
+{
+    char *p = str;
+
+    SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+    for( ;; )
+    {
+        if( *p == '{' || *p == '"' || *p == '\'')
+        {
+            char c;
+
+            if( *p == '{' )
+            {
+                c = '}';
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                c = *p;
+            }
+            p++;
+
+            for( ;; )
+            {
+                if( *p == '\0' )
+                {
+                    return p;
+                }
+
+                if( *p == c )
+                {
+                    p++;
+                    return p;
+                }
+                else if( *p == '{' && c == '}' )
+                {
+                    p = _get_chain_end( p );
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    p++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if( *p == '\0' || *p == ',' || *p == '}' || *p == ' ' || *p == '\t' )
+        {
+            return p;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            p++;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+char * sout_cfg_parser( char **ppsz_name, sout_cfg_t **pp_cfg, char *psz_chain )
+{
+    sout_cfg_t *p_cfg = NULL;
+    char       *p = psz_chain;
+
+    *ppsz_name = NULL;
+    *pp_cfg    = NULL;
+
+    if( p == NULL )
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+    while( *p && *p != '{' && *p != ':' && *p != ' ' && *p != '\t' )
+    {
+        p++;
+    }
+
+    if( p == psz_chain )
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    *ppsz_name = _strndup( psz_chain, p - psz_chain );
+
+    /* fprintf( stderr, "name=%s - rest=%s\n", *ppsz_name, p ); */
+
+    SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+    if( *p == '{' )
+    {
+        char *psz_name;
+
+        p++;
+
+        for( ;; )
+        {
+            sout_cfg_t cfg;
+
+            SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+            psz_name = p;
+
+            while( *p && *p != '=' && *p != ',' && *p != '}' && *p != ' ' && *p != '\t' )
+            {
+                p++;
+            }
+
+            /* fprintf( stderr, "name=%s - rest=%s\n", psz_name, p ); */
+            if( p == psz_name )
+            {
+                fprintf( stderr, "invalid options (empty)" );
+                break;
+            }
+
+            cfg.psz_name = _strndup( psz_name, p - psz_name );
+
+            SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+            if( *p == '=' )
+            {
+                char *end;
+
+                p++;
+#if 0
+                SKIPSPACE( p );
+
+                if( *p == '"' )
+                {
+                    char *end;
+
+                    p++;
+                    end = strchr( p, '"' );
+
+                    if( end )
+                    {
+/*                        fprintf( stderr, "##%s -- %s\n", p, end ); */
+                        cfg.psz_value = _strndup( p, end - p );
+                        p = end + 1;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cfg.psz_value = strdup( p );
+                        p += strlen( p );
+                    }
+
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    psz_value = p;
+                    while( *p && *p != ',' && *p != '}' && *p != ' ' && *p != '\t' )
+                    {
+                        p++;
+                    }
+                    cfg.psz_value = _strndup( psz_value, p - psz_value );
+                }
+#endif
+                end = _get_chain_end( p );
+                if( end <= p )
+                {
+                    cfg.psz_value = NULL;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if( *p == '\'' || *p =='"' || *p == '{' )
+                    {
+                        p++;
+                        end--;
+                    }
+                    if( end <= p )
+                    {
+                        cfg.psz_value = NULL;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        cfg.psz_value = _strndup( p, end - p );
+                    }
+                }
+
+                p = end;
+                SKIPSPACE( p );
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                cfg.psz_value = NULL;
+            }
+
+            cfg.p_next = NULL;
+            if( p_cfg )
+            {
+                p_cfg->p_next = malloc( sizeof( sout_cfg_t ) );
+                memcpy( p_cfg->p_next, &cfg, sizeof( sout_cfg_t ) );
+
+                p_cfg = p_cfg->p_next;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                p_cfg = malloc( sizeof( sout_cfg_t ) );
+                memcpy( p_cfg, &cfg, sizeof( sout_cfg_t ) );
+
+                *pp_cfg = p_cfg;
+            }
+
+            if( *p == ',' )
+            {
+                p++;
+            }
+
+            if( *p == '}' )
+            {
+                p++;
+
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( *p == ':' )
+    {
+        return( strdup( p + 1 ) );
+    }
+
+    return( NULL );
+}
+
+static void sout_cfg_free( sout_cfg_t *p_cfg )
+{
+    while( p_cfg != NULL )
+    {
+        sout_cfg_t *p_next;
+
+        p_next = p_cfg->p_next;
+
+        FREE( p_cfg->psz_name );
+        FREE( p_cfg->psz_value );
+        free( p_cfg );
+
+        p_cfg = p_next;
+    }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * XXX name and p_cfg are used (-> do NOT free them)
+ */
+sout_stream_t *sout_stream_new( sout_instance_t *p_sout,
+                                char *psz_chain )
+{
+    sout_stream_t *p_stream;
+
+    if( !psz_chain )
+    {
+        msg_Err( p_sout, "invalid chain" );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    p_stream = vlc_object_create( p_sout, sizeof( sout_stream_t ) );
+
+    if( !p_stream )
+    {
+        msg_Err( p_sout, "out of memory" );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    p_stream->p_sout   = p_sout;
+    p_stream->p_sys    = NULL;
+
+    p_stream->psz_next =
+        sout_cfg_parser( &p_stream->psz_name, &p_stream->p_cfg, psz_chain);
+
+    msg_Dbg( p_sout, "stream=`%s'", p_stream->psz_name );
+
+    p_stream->p_module =
+        module_NeedStrict( p_stream, "sout stream", p_stream->psz_name );
+
+    if( !p_stream->p_module )
+    {
+        sout_stream_delete( p_stream );
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return p_stream;
+}
+
+void sout_stream_delete( sout_stream_t *p_stream )
+{
+    msg_Dbg( p_stream, "destroying chain... (name=%s)", p_stream->psz_name );
+    if( p_stream->p_module ) module_Unneed( p_stream, p_stream->p_module );
+
+    FREE( p_stream->psz_name );
+    FREE( p_stream->psz_next );
+
+    sout_cfg_free( p_stream->p_cfg );
+
+    msg_Dbg( p_stream, "destroying chain done" );
+    vlc_object_destroy( p_stream );
+}
+
+static char *_sout_stream_url_to_chain( vlc_object_t *p_this, char *psz_url )
+{
+    mrl_t       mrl;
+    char        *psz_chain, *p;
+
+    mrl_Parse( &mrl, psz_url );
+    p = psz_chain = malloc( 500 + strlen( mrl.psz_way ) +
+                                  strlen( mrl.psz_access ) +
+                                  strlen( mrl.psz_name ) );
+
+
+    if( config_GetInt( p_this, "sout-display" ) )
+    {
+        p += sprintf( p, "duplicate{dst=display,dst=std{mux=\"%s\",access=\"%s\",url=\"%s\"}}",
+                      mrl.psz_way, mrl.psz_access, mrl.psz_name );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        p += sprintf( p, "std{mux=\"%s\",access=\"%s\",url=\"%s\"}",
+                      mrl.psz_way, mrl.psz_access, mrl.psz_name );
+    }
+
+    mrl_Clean( &mrl );
+    return( psz_chain );
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+static module_t *__module_NeedStrict( vlc_object_t *p_obj, const char *psz_capacity, const char *psz_name )
+{
+    module_t *p_module;
+
+    if( !psz_name || !*psz_name )
+    {
+        p_module = module_Need( p_obj, psz_capacity, psz_name );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        char *psz_name_strict = malloc( strlen( psz_name ) + 6 );
+        strcpy( psz_name_strict, psz_name );
+        strcat( psz_name_strict, ",none" );
+
+        p_module = module_Need( p_obj, psz_capacity, psz_name_strict );
+
+        free( psz_name_strict );
+    }
+
+    return p_module;
+}
+
+