[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] Fix -tv immediatemode with mplayer

[Alban Bedel]

Hi Balatoni Denes,

on Fri, 29 Aug 2003 11:28:28 +0200 you wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> On 2003. augusztus 28. 16.30, Alban Bedel wrote:
> > Attached is a quick workaround but i fail to see why we should not
> > start both thread from the beginning. What is the reason for having
> > video grabing starting later ?
> 
> I don't know what the reason was, but it is usefull, as it already takes
> 30 seconds on my pc until 25fps is reached for recording. If grabbing
> frames started earlier I would need an even bigger buffer against
> framedropping.
Hmm ... i would tend to think that the encoding would start smoother if
there were alredy a couple of frame in the buffer. But if the encoding
start too late you may be in trouble.
Then i would think that the fix i did is the right thing to do. Anybody
is against commiting that ?
	Albeu
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