p_new = (libvlc_instance_t *)malloc( sizeof( libvlc_instance_t ) );
if( !p_new ) RAISENULL( "Out of memory" );
- const char *my_argv[argc + 2];
-
- my_argv[0] = "libvlc"; /* dummy arg0, skipped by getopt() et al */
- for( int i = 0; i < argc; i++ )
- my_argv[i + 1] = argv[i];
- my_argv[argc + 1] = NULL; /* C calling conventions require a NULL */
-
/** \todo Look for interface settings. If we don't have any, add -I dummy */
/* Because we probably don't want a GUI by default */
- if( libvlc_InternalInit( p_libvlc_int, argc + 1, my_argv ) )
+ /* WARNING: caller must pass a program path in argv[0], which can be a dummy path
+ * this is used by libvlc to locate, this is leveraged by plugins */
+ if( libvlc_InternalInit( p_libvlc_int, argc, argv ) )
RAISENULL( "VLC initialization failed" );
p_new->p_libvlc_int = p_libvlc_int;