[streaming] Re: Latency

Laurent Aimar fenrir at via.ecp.fr
Fri Nov 7 13:31:31 CET 2003


On Fri, Nov 07, 2003, Alexander Isacson wrote:
> I'm using VLC 0.6.2 to stream video from at V4L2 device. It works very
> well. My problem is that there is a 2-3 second delay in the image shown
> compared to the real world. The video stream will be used to remote
> control a vehicle so this can be a problem.
> 
> My question is, are there any actions I can take to minimize this time
> difference. If so, which?

 At the server:
   --v4l-caching
   --udp-sout-caching
 At the client side:
   --udp-caching

Their default value are 300 (in ms). You should try with lower values.

-- 
fenrir

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