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| author | Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com> | 2002-09-12 20:41:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@gmail.com> | 2002-09-12 20:41:26 +0000 |
| commit | 498d3181d7d9d91e1ef849bcbb529c0d7f5a3a04 (patch) | |
| tree | f18a441f97ee1401fbef212ba06e7972156f616e /docs/random/wtay | |
| parent | a0537fd60f3eb4fdf2a866541fc5a2a90a81d273 (diff) | |
Updates
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Updates
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diff --git a/docs/random/wtay/scheduling_ideas b/docs/random/wtay/scheduling_ideas index aac8e58b25..244f2f422a 100644 --- a/docs/random/wtay/scheduling_ideas +++ b/docs/random/wtay/scheduling_ideas @@ -411,8 +411,22 @@ NOTES: - what about starvation? We'll probably have to put the group at the end of the runqueue. +- multi-out elements can introduce significant latency. consider: + (-group1----------) (-group2-----------------) + ! ! ! ! + ! *filesrc -> mad --> *%identity -> osssink ! + (-----------------) (------------------------) + + mad produces N output buffers, they are queued in the bufpen, when + group1 is done, group2 is scheduled to empty the bufpen queue. + + The time it takes for the first buffer to arrive at osssink equals + the time needed to decode the N-1 other buffers. + Of course, given the right buffersize for filesrc N can be reduced + to 1. mad can also suggest a buffersize to filesrc with the + BUFFER_SIZE event. |