[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 585576] New: [souphttpsrc] initially reports all servers as seekable

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-good | Ver: git
           Summary: [souphttpsrc] initially reports all servers as seekable
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-good
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: mail at renestadler.de
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


There was this nice fix for mp3parse that it doesn't build an index table over
time when it cannot seek anyways, which is supposed to stop the unbounded
memory growth when listening to internet radio (for embedded devices, extra CPU
load is also a factor).

Problem is that souphttpsrc initially assumes that servers support seeking.
Try:
GST_DEBUG=mp3parse:4 gst-launch-0.10 playbin2
uri=http://gffstream.ic.llnwd.net/stream/gffstream_stream_wdr_einslive_a
2>&1|fgrep index

The server sends no Content-Length header, so there is no stream duration
(which makes it questionable to assume seekability(?)).

Either souphttpsrc should have better prediction of seekability or maybe
mp3parse should suppress index table building when the upstream duration query
fails.


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