Categories added an unnecessary complexity to making properties, and
would very likely almost never be used in most cases, and were more of a
display feature. The main issue is that it made property data more
complex to work with, and I just didn't feel comfortable with that.
Also, added a function to allow you to retrieve a porperty just by its
name.
When a source/output/etc has a property of a 'list' type, there was no
way to get the names associated with its values. That, and it only
supported lists of either text, or enums (0..[value] only).
Now, you can associate translated names with those values, and use
integer, float, or string values. Put it all in to one function as well
to simplify its usage.
I plan on using this to help get enumerations from devices/etc for
certain types of sources. For example, if I get the properties of an
audio source, I'd like to have a list of available devices with it as
well.
- Add property list callbacks to sources/outputs/encoders so that if
necessary user interface can be automatically generated or perhaps a
property list widget can be used for them.
- Change some of the property API names. obs_property_list_t felt a bit
awkward when actually using it, so I just renamed it to
obs_properties_t.
- Removed the getdata/setdata nad getparam/setparam functions from
sources/services, they will be superseded by the dynamic procedure
call API.
Implement a properties definition interface to allow modules to export
general properties associated with objects of libobs.
The properties definition interface allows the option for automatic
settings UI generation (which will make simple plugins easier to develop
without the need for user interface), as well as allow real-time
property editing of values of things like sources/outputs/etc without
having to open property dialogs. More property types can be added in
the future as needed as well.
