The longname argument to macro #define VLC_SD_PROBE_HELPER(name, longname, cat)
is usually in the form like N_("some_longname"). Literalization of the argument by
doing # longname in the macro will result in a literal "N_(\"some_longname\")"
instead of translating the long name.

remove non-existent file reference

typo?

Software versions are totally out-of-date.
Platforms don't even exist anymore.
And this predated ARM support in the contrib.

Use INSTALL.win32 instead.

We already have the variables lock for that.

This fixes a buffer overflow and a warning.
This reverts commit caa08dce.

pl_Hold() assumed the playlist was already created.
pl_Release() does not solve any problem. Playlist synchronization is
done with the playlist lock, while playlist deletion must anyway be done
after all interfaces, services and other threads are joined.

The previous fix made the fetcher and preparser persistent throughout
the lifetime of the playlist. So we don't need to protect the pointers
anymore. Also, they are internally thread-safe (with their own lock).

They do not create threads anymore (unless they have work to do).

LibVLC needs this because we are sloppy programmers^W^W^W^Wit still
depends on the playlist for item meta infos (it should probably
instantiate the fetcher and preparser directly).

Also, do not create the preparser if there is no fetcher.

This makes the interface more comprehensible and allows for
input_item_node_Append[x] functions to be used for general node manipulation
without side effects, if needed in future.

 - remove pf_run no longer in use
 - attach object as soon as possible to benefit var heritage