[vlc-devel] [PATCH] dash do not use best rep without information

[Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen]

2012/1/30 Christopher Müller <christopher.mueller at itec.uni-klu.ac.at>:
> Hi,
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> I have seen that the logic in the basiccm manager has been changed. I don’t
> think that it is a good idea to use the best representation when no
> information about the client bandwidth is available. This could lead to hick
> ups and unsmooth playback at the beginning (this is what I have observed).
> Instead using the lowest representation until information about the
> bandwidth is available is definitely safer, or am I missing something ;)?
>
>

Hello,

Works for me,  however it should only makes the first segment download longer.
Playback hickups (in my opinion) are due to the lack of a download
thread, so we have to download at the last moment.

Regards,

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Hugo Beauzée-Luyssen