[vlc-devel] [RFC-PATCH] core/audio_output: do not drop (late) audio blocks if it would cause silence

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

On Thursday 12 May 2016 16:38:08 Filip Roséen wrote:
> When aout_DecPlay notices that a block is more than AOUT_MAX_PTS_DELAY
> late, it used to unconditionally drop the block.
> 
> This patch makes sure that we do not drop blocks whose duration is
> longer than the current drift; meaning that we favor resampling over
> blunt silence.

I do not think that comparing duration and delay makes any 
mathematical/physical sense. The result will be even more arbitrary than it 
currently is.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
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