Is there an existing issue or feature request for this?

• I have searched and did not find a similar issue or feature request

This feature does not exists on the latest available release of DistroAV nor in the upcoming PR?

• I have checked and this is not available on the latest DistroAV version nor planned

Explain the context or expected use-case of the feature request (problem, new NDI feature, ...)

While looking at the code of the preview-output.cpp it seems this was created / made at a time the preview scene was not directly or easily accessible.

Context :

• The code between main-output.cpp and preview-output.cpp seems quite different, especially for preview_start() and preview_init()

Goal :

• Simplify codebase
• Reduce risk of bugs (hopefully)
• Performance increase (hopefully)

Solution Idea or Feature description

Uniformise & simplify the preview-output.cpp code and have similar logic as in the main-output.cpp

How this feature can benefit the community?

Easier codebase to maintain and provide support / bug fix.

How could this feature be implemented (fac.)?

No response

Do you see any potential limitation/drawback?

No response

Are you able to contribute to this feature?

yes, with limited understanding of the initial reason for this difference.