[vlc-devel] [PATCH] video_output: drop frames that take too much time to process

[Thomas Guillem]

Hello,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020, at 18:51, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> Le maanantaina 10. elokuuta 2020, 14.32.31 EEST Steve Lhomme a écrit :
> > If a frame arrives at the rendering step later than it's display time (plus
> > the late threshold we allow), there's no way it will be displayed in time
> > or even late with some tolerance.
> > 
> > We can drop it and save some rendering/swap time for the next picture. We
> > just didn't detect the lateness at an upper level.
> 
> Typically, rendering/swapping is not what consumes CPU time.
> This could help or it could make things worse.
> 
> Not sure this is a good idea.

Not sure either. There is also the interactive filter chain that could use a lot of CPU time for nothing (cf. beginning of ThreadDisplayRenderPicture())

> 
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> Rémi Denis-Courmont
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