[vlc-devel] [RFC] directsound: fix for #8860

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le samedi 20 juillet 2013 01:50:48 Ludovic Fauvet a écrit :
>     AFAICT the last flush() function (with the wait/drain boolean set to
> true) is also called too late, often few ms after the read pointer crossed
> the last written buffer causing the flush to return immediately (without
> actually having to wait) and it looks suspect to me. Could the TimeGet be
> faulty here?

This has nothing to do with the time estimation. The audio output core 
requests drain at the very last minute to avoid blocking the audio decoder 
thread. This is by Laurent's design; see aout_DecIsEmpty().

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