3 files changed, 49 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libhb/common.c b/libhb/common.c
index f0ad9e4a2..073abb977 100644
--- a/libhb/common.c
+++ b/libhb/common.c
@@ -549,6 +549,44 @@ void hb_log( char * log, ... )
     fprintf( stderr, "%s", string );
 }
 
+int global_verbosity_level; //Necessary for hb_deep_log
+/**********************************************************************
+ * hb_deep_log
+ **********************************************************************
+ * If verbose mode is >= level, print message with timestamp. Messages
+ * longer than 360 characters are stripped ;p
+ *********************************************************************/
+void hb_deep_log( hb_debug_level_t level, char * log, ... )
+{
+    char        string[362]; /* 360 chars + \n + \0 */
+    time_t      _now;
+    struct tm * now;
+    va_list     args;
+
+    if( global_verbosity_level < level )
+    {
+        /* Hiding message */
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* Get the time */
+    _now = time( NULL );
+    now  = localtime( &_now );
+    sprintf( string, "[%02d:%02d:%02d] ",
+             now->tm_hour, now->tm_min, now->tm_sec );
+
+    /* Convert the message to a string */
+    va_start( args, log );
+    vsnprintf( string + 11, 349, log, args );
+    va_end( args );
+
+    /* Add the end of line */
+    strcat( string, "\n" );
+
+    /* Print it */
+    fprintf( stderr, "%s", string );
+}
+
 /**********************************************************************
  * hb_error
  **********************************************************************
diff --git a/libhb/hb.c b/libhb/hb.c
index 390e566d2..06b489306 100644
--- a/libhb/hb.c
+++ b/libhb/hb.c
@@ -69,11 +69,10 @@ hb_handle_t * hb_init_real( int verbose, int update_check )
     hb_handle_t * h = calloc( sizeof( hb_handle_t ), 1 );
     uint64_t      date;
 
-    /* See hb_log() in common.c */
-    if( verbose > HB_DEBUG_NONE )
-    {
+    /* See hb_deep_log() and hb_log() in common.c */
+    global_verbosity_level = verbose;
+    if( verbose )
         putenv( "HB_DEBUG=1" );
-    }
 
     /* Check for an update on the website if asked to */
     h->build = -1;
diff --git a/libhb/internal.h b/libhb/internal.h
index e9828fdb9..5d7f654bb 100644
--- a/libhb/internal.h
+++ b/libhb/internal.h
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
  * common.c
  **********************************************************************/
 void hb_log( char * log, ... );
+extern int global_verbosity_level; // Global variable for hb_deep_log
+typedef enum hb_debug_level_s
+{
+    HB_SUPPORT_LOG     = 1, // Logging helpful in tech support
+    HB_MEMORY_LOG      = 2, // logging about memory usage
+    HB_GRANULAR_LOG    = 3  // logging on sample-by-sample
+} hb_debug_level_t;
+void hb_deep_log( hb_debug_level_t level, char * log, ... );
 void hb_error( char * fmt, ...);
 
 int  hb_list_bytes( hb_list_t * );