[gst-devel] totem and osssink? (long)

[David Schleef]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 09:30:42PM +0100, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:
> Other than that, I don't agree that it's wrong to drop audio data
> necessarily.  An audiosink should try to make the best effort possible
> to not drop audio, allowing for stretching if necessary, or allowing for
> minor variations in time of arrival.  In the case of 100% CPU use, there
> are two possibilities.  Either something is maxing out the processor,
> leaving GStreamer "just enough" CPU to decode and playback, and audio is
> arriving only slightly late.  If it's only playing audio, it's probably
> fine to keep playing, and adjust for it somehow.  If it's playing video,
> however, it may still be correct to drop audio to keep up with video. 
> It all depends.

In other words, it's a policy thing, and the application should decide.
Which means we need to handle the general case, and also provide an
interface for the application to express its wishes.



dave...