Should sync=false, async=false be set in case of live sources ?

[Wim Taymans]

On 09/10/2012 06:40 PM, Manoj wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Searched a lot on web but still have confusion regarding 'sync=false,
> async=false' in case of live and non-live sources.
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> If i am not wrong, when using NON-LIVE sources like filesrc, GstBaseSink
> will synchronise on the clock and hence we need to have 'sync=true' (if not
> specified it is default set to true)
> And hence all the clock waiting/dropping will be handled in GstBaseSink
> during rendering as mentioned at,
> http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/data/doc/gstreamer/head/gstreamer-libs/html/GstBaseSink.html#GstBaseSink--sync
>
>
> However, when using LIVE sources like udpsrc, source element will become the
> clock provider. If demuxer in pipeline, it will become the clock provider
> and hence take care to output the demuxed buffers as per their timestamps.
>
> So confusion is, should we explicitly set 'sync=FALSE async=FALSE' in this
> case ? To avoid double timestamp checking in GstBaseSink ?
No, you should not change these properties.

Wim
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> Please suggest if any gstreamer link explains/mentions about this.
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> Apologies if it's too basic and thanks a lot in advance,
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