[gst-devel] Clocking fix

[Benjamin Otte]

I still consider "event time" a broken concept. Sync should be done
explicitly, not implicitly by "snap to grid".
Apart from that I don't really get why this is needed.

Could you give an example where it helps?

Benjamin


On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Martin Soto wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I would like to commit the attached patch, which adds two new clock
> related operations: gst_clock_get_event_time_delay and
> gst_element_set_time_delay. IMO, they are needed to handle
> discontinuities properly in output elements having a playback delay.
> Among others, audio sinks belong to this category, since they deal with
> buffering in the corresponding sound card or audio server.
>
> Although a number of existing elements would have to be addapted to use
> these routines, we can apply the patch now and go fixing elements as
> time permits.
>
> M. S.
> --
> Martin Soto <soto at informatik.uni-kl.de>
> Universität Kaiserslautern
>
>