* Add some proper assert() to the vlc_gc_* function to spot errors.
* Correctly initialize the refcount to 1. (This will prevent freed pointer usage). (This may also introduce leaks in some module).
modules/*.c:
* Prevent some module to leak input_item_t.

contribs: fix libdvdnav runtime on win32 (patch was deleted when switching to mplayer's libdvdnav), extract using gzip

* withCString is deprecated in 10.4. Use WithUTF8String instead, as VLC's core is completely UTF8 now. Remove a couple of (nowadays) useless checks

Qt4 - simplify the VideoWidget. VideoWidget is a just an simple QFrame with the necessary interactions...

services_discovery/sap.c: Make sure the thread will exit, even if in poll(). And properly lock the object.

include/vlc_objects.h: Use the usual macro trick, to publish a function that take as argument a vlc_object_t *, here for vlc_object_waitpipe().

(it does not find any error here)

 - Fix comments
 - Cache pagesize