frontend: Auto-discovery of registered services #12911
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Description
This PR refactors
LoadServicesinOBSBasicSettings_Stream.cppto dynamically discover and populate the stream services dropdown.Instead of hardcoding check for specific service types (like the existing WHIP check), the code now:
obs_enum_service_types.To support this cleaner logic, a
ServiceItemDatastruct (registered withQ_DECLARE_METATYPE) was introduced to replace the mixed usage ofListOptenums and strings in the dropdown'sQVariantdata. This unifies how service metadata (type, ID, display name) is stored and retrieved.Motivation and Context
Currently, plugins that introduce new service types (e.g., a new streaming protocol) do not automatically appear in the Stream Settings service dropdown. Developers typically have to modify the core
OBSBasicSettings_Stream.cppfile to hardcode their service into the list.This change allows any plugin to register a service and have it automatically discovered and listed in the UI, provided the underlying output protocol is registered. This decouples the frontend UI from specific service implementations and significantly improves extensibility for protocol plugins.
How Has This Been Tested?
Tested on macOS.
Types of changes
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