[vlc-devel] VLC 1.0.3 Stutters...

[Andre-John Mas]

Hi,

Would there be any way to implement an algorithm that would cache  
according to
the current download rate, and then only start playing (unless  
forced), when
it estimates there is enough cache to play without pausing?

André-John

On 2-Nov-2009, at 04:45, Luca Barbato wrote:

> Tony Anecito wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I noticed that when playing a video via http that the trailer stops  
>> every
>> couple of seconds then the buffer fills then it continues again  
>> then repeats
>> the stop/buffer sequence.
>>
>> Is there some setting for vlc to get a continuous video?
>
> Make sure you have enough cache to compensate network glitches or  
> video
> bitrate peaks. If your bandwidth is lesser than the average bitrate  
> then
> you'd better off downloading the whole video using wget...(or make the
> cache size equal to 1/2 the video ...)
>
> lu
>
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