[Kwintv] Playing with v4l plugin...

[Dirk Ziegelmeier]

On Sunday 18 January 2004 17:29, Dirk Ziegelmeier wrote:
> I'll try to figure out a working solution that does not use the Qt library
> mutex but locks all code parts that influence the grab buffer instead in
> the next days. This will make obsolete the "unelegant" grabber thread
> shutdown code. Maybe I'll create a new plugin for my experiments so I don't
> break the currently quite stable v4l plugin.
As many of the experienced hackers surely know, it is forbidden to paint to a 
widget from another thread than the GUI thread or without holding the Qt 
library mutex... So my idea of course does not work.
But at least I can do a few cleanups and a slight performance improvement.

Dirk