[vlc-devel] Re: Limit FF and FW speeds to max of 4x?

[Ian Griffin]

Eeek, that is so embarrassing. I've been reading those lines over and 
over trying to figure where I'm going wrong. I think I need some new 
RTFM glasses.

Again thank you everyone who helped.

Ian

Gregor Fuis wrote:
> Actually if you would read it more carefully you would see that 8000 
> is would play the movie 8 times slower. So you need #define 
> INPUT_RATE_MIN       250 , for playing movie 4 times faster!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Gregor Fuis
>
>
> Ian Griffin wrote:
>> Hi, yes I've read it many times but perhaps I'm not understanding the 
>> link between the rate value and play speed? If the default is 1000 
>> which is normal play speed and 8 times that is 8000 giving 8x fast 
>> forward, then input_rate_max of 4000 would limit max fast forward 
>> speed to 4x?
>> Please correct me if I'm getting this wrong.
>>
>> Many thanks for your help.
>> Ian.
>>
>> Benjamin Pracht wrote:
>>> Le mardi 19 septembre 2006 à 17:47 -0700, Ian Griffin a écrit :
>>>  
>>>> Hi Thanks for the info on how to set the max speeds. I've tried 
>>>> changing the rate to 4000 would I assume would allow a max of 4x 
>>>> playback speed, however, I can still speed up to 8x after compiling?
>>>>
>>>> /* "rate" default, min/max
>>>>  * A rate below 1000 plays the movie faster,
>>>>  * A rate above 1000 plays the movie slower.
>>>>  */
>>>> #define INPUT_RATE_DEFAULT  1000
>>>> #define INPUT_RATE_MIN       125            /* Up to 8/1 */
>>>> #define INPUT_RATE_MAX      8000            /* Up to 1/8 */
>>>>
>>>> I'm changing INPUT_RATE_MAX    to 4000
>>>>
>>>> Is there anywhere else I need to set this value ?
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Have you actually read the 2 lines of comment in the upper part of the
>>> code you pasted ?
>>>
>>>   
>>
>

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