Re: [xine-devel] seeking problem when demux_loop is finished

[Thibaut M. <tma...@no...>]

On Monday 06 May 2002 21:11, Miguel Freitas wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 15:56, Thibaut Mattern wrote:
> > > I think i got your point, since BUF_CONTROL_END will close decoders=
 and
> > > therefore audio_out it will probably slow things down. I have no id=
ea
> > > of how to fix these, since demux would have no way to know that you
> > > will want to do a seek in near future... any suggestion?
> >
> > Yes, you got the point.
> > My suggestion :
> > 1) use a mutex to protect a/v loop sync from seeking.
>
> What do you mean by a/v loop sync?

The situation you describe when video_loop receive a BUF_CONTROL_END and =
wait=20
that audio_loop receive one. In this case fifo_buffer_clear() should not=20
delete a BUF_CONTROL_END.

> > 2) add a new parameter to fifo_buffer_clear(), I think about somethin=
g
> > like passing BUF_MAJOR_MASK for normal clear and an other mask for a
> > seek. I don't know if it can work with discontinuities.
>
> This is dangerous. As i said before you risk leaving a odd number of
> discontinuties/start/stop buffers and xine will hang forever.

Ok, if it's too dangerous I will try to find an other way.
Let's see what happens if the demuxer wait before sending end buffers.

> regards,
> Miguel

Thanks for your advice.
Thibaut