[vlc-devel] Question about sout_buffer_t ...

[j.zorko at att.net]

Jean-Paul et al,

Again, thank you for the help -- it is truly appreciated.

So, the experiment I tried yesterday did not work, but I think I know why.  A lot of what you 
wrote before makes sense now.  Anyway, i've a question about sout_buffer_t and the new 
b_discontinuity field within it: Basically, how do I set it?

Scenario: User does a seek with the GUI ... src/input/input.c calls pf_seek(), then it sets a 
mystical, magical discontinuity flag somewhere to VLC_TRUE.  When pf_demux() is called, it calls 
pf_read_ps(), which I suppose is going to look at this flag to determine if it should set the 
b_discontinuity flag in the pes_packet_t's it makes via input_NewPES().  These pes_packet_t's are 
what ends up in the decoder FIFO, I think.

Now, the muxer module's PacketizeThread() is happily looking in the decoder FIFO and making 
sout_buffer_t's out of what it finds in preparation for PEStoTS() to make TS packets out of them.  
However, PacketizeThread() sees the decoder FIFO as a stream of bits, and i'm not sure how to 
make it identify the b_discontinuity flag in this bitstream, so it can set the flag in the 
sout_buffer_t.

So, my questions are:

Server VLC:

1. input thread: How to make pf_demux() aware of the discontinuity caused by the pf_seek() ... 
pass it in as an argument, and change every module's Demux() function?

2. demux module(s): How to set the b_discontinuity flag in pes_packet_t's created ... pass it as 
an argument to input_NewPES() and change every call to this function in the entire code?

3. mux module(s): How to identify the b_discontinuity flag in the pes_packet_t, when the whole 
string is presented as a bitstream?

Client VLC:

1. What to do when the TS discontinuity bit is received -- just do what 
input_EscapeDiscontinuity() does, right there in the TS demuxer?

... or is there something i've not quite grokked yet?  Any ideas?

Regards,

John

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