SageTV Plugins 64bit vs 32bit

[jvl711]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there is a way to tell the sage plugin system that your library is for 32bit vs 64bit. I know there is a option for OS, but I believe it is just for windows/linux/mac. It does not differentiate between 32/64 bit plugins.

I guess the cheap work around would be to create two sets of packages. Designate one as x64.

Thanks,
Josh

[wnjj]

I assume you need to decide which support DLL to provide? An alternative would be to name them with _32 and _64 and add code to load the correct one. Here is the Sage function that checks for a 64 bit JVM: https://github.com/google/sagetv/blo...a#L2239-#L2245

That does seem like a bit of a hack. Are there other plugins that need native code for examples?

[wnjj]

Another option is to do what Sage did by calling an .exe and parsing stdout. Since the exe runs in a separate process it can be 32-bit no matter what system it’s running on.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by wnjj

Another option is to do what Sage did by calling an .exe and parsing stdout. Since the exe runs in a separate process it can be 32-bit no matter what system it’s running on.

I know that is probably the easier option.... I was hoping to reuse the library for more than just this one plugin. I was going to take a stab at trying to do a updated reencoding plugin. Something that supports newer profiles.

Maybe I am going down the wrong path.

I think for now I am going to make a win32 and win64 plugin that points to the appropriate library. Maybe sage could be enhanced to be aware of bits for the system type package in the future.