Struct VSPlugin

#[repr(C)]
pub struct VSPlugin { /* private fields */ }

A VapourSynth plugin. There are a few of these built into the core, and therefore available at all times: the basic filters (identifier com.vapoursynth.std, namespace std), the resizers (identifier com.vapoursynth.resize, namespace resize), and the Avisynth compatibility module, if running in Windows (identifier com.vapoursynth.avisynth, namespace avs).

The Function Reference describes how to load VapourSynth and Avisynth plugins.

A VSPlugin instance is constructed by the core when loading a plugin (.so / .dylib / .dll), and the pointer is passed to the plugin’s VapourSynthPluginInit2() function.

A VapourSynth plugin can export any number of filters.

Plugins have a few attributes:

• An identifier, which must be unique among all VapourSynth plugins in existence, because this is what the core uses to make sure a plugin only gets loaded once.
• A namespace, also unique. The filters exported by a plugin end up in the plugin’s namespace.
• A full name, which is used by the core in a few error messages.
• The version of the plugin.
• The VapourSynth API version the plugin requires.
• A file name.

Things you can do with a VSPlugin:

• Enumerate all the filters it exports, using getNextPluginFunction().
• Invoke one of its filters, using invoke().
• Get its location in the file system, using getPluginPath().

All loaded plugins (including built-in) can be enumerated with getNextPlugin().

Once loaded, a plugin only gets unloaded when the VapourSynth core is freed.