[streaming] Re: client http buffering

Mehdi Nafaa mehdi.nafaa at gmail.com
Tue Sep 12 10:28:40 CEST 2006


Hello,

In which function is the http(s) "cache in (ms)" settings parameter is used?
Is it possible to duplicate the client buffer in two or three parallel
buffers? if yes, where?

I really appreciate any help on that issue.
Mehdi.

2006/7/12, Clément Stenac <zorglub at diwi.org>:
>
> Hello,
>
> Buffering is implemented in two places:
>
> * At the "stream" level, ie between access and demux. This buffering is
>   small and not parametrable at the moment (you can have a look at
>   src/input/stream.c).
> * At the ES level, after the demuxer. This is the buffering that you set
>   with the miscellaneous --foo-caching options. This buffering is
>   achieved by shifting all presentation dates of the stream, so that
>   when you are reading timestamp X from the stream, it's only played at
>   X+caching, allowing for some jitter.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> --
> Zorglub
> Clément Stenac
>
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