[osg-users] ReadImage not routing to plugin?

[Robert Osfield]

Hi Rob,

osgmovie requires you to explictly preload the plugin if you don't use
the .ffmpeg suffix try:


    osgmovie -e ffmpeg mymovie.qqq

This will load the plugin with the extension/name ffmpeg.

Robert.

On 23 September 2016 at 23:30, Rob Spearman <rob at digitaliseducation.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the comments, Robert.  Those match my understanding of how the
> plugins are supposed to work, so I am still stumped.
>
> As a simple example, I have a video file which I have named test.qqq to
> avoid any question of other plugins getting involved.
>
> I modified the ffmpeg plugin to advertise that it can handle this extension
> via supportsExtension("qqq") and the Registry method addFileExtensionAlias(
> "qqq", "ffmpeg").
>
> When I run "osgmovie test.qqq.ffmpeg" I see the movie play.
>
> When I run "osgmovie test.qqq" I get an error:  "Could not find plugin to
> read objects from file"
>
> Loading the ffmpeg plugin explicitly via the Registry loadLibrary("ffmpeg")
> method doesn't make any difference.
>
> I am not seeing why the Registry is not working as expected.  I'm on Linux.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
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