Hello experts,
I am using the following pipeline at the receiving end of a UDP video
streaming:
udpsrc -> rtph264pay -> h264parse -> avdec_h264 -> videorate -> glimagesink.
At source, I have the camera operating at 30 FPS. Now I did a couple of
testing with the video rate where I measured the properties -
input/output/duplicate/drop frames. The values mentioned below are taken at
randomly from the output at different time. Below is an observation for
different properties within the element 'videorate' set, mentioned with the
property set and the observations:
1. ### videorate drop-only=false rate=1
input frames= 133
out frames= 145
duplicate frames= 13
dropped frames= 0
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input frames= 442
out frames= 460
duplicate frames= 19
dropped frames= 0
2. ### videorate drop-only=true rate=1
input frames= 259
out frames= 259
duplicate frames= 0
dropped frames= 0
-----------------------
input frames= 260
out frames= 260
duplicate frames= 0
dropped frames= 0
3. ### videorate drop-only=false rate=10
input frames= 189
out frames= 20
duplicate frames= 0
dropped frames= 168
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input frames= 190
out frames= 20
duplicate frames= 0
dropped frames= 169
For test 1 & 3: there is a difference of 1 frame that is missing in the
output frame. This is observed continuously in all the output measured over
a period of time.
For test 2 : in spite of 'drop-only=true', there are no frames that are
dropped. Also the input and the output frames are same, in the output
measured over a period of time.
A. I glanced through the source code of element 'videorate', and I noticed
that the 'ouput frames' get updated for each push buffer. So why is there a
difference of 1 frame between output and input ?
B. Another question is with understanding of the property 'drop-only'. The
one noticeable difference I saw, was setting this property to TRUE, the
latency of video was less as compared to when it was set FALSE. Is this
expected ? However with this property set to TRUE, I still observe the
'dropped-frames-count = 0'. I am confused about the properties 'drop-only'
& 'dropped frames'. I guess I am interpreting it incorrectly.
Could anyone explain the behavior or provide some pointers to understand the
videorate element properties? In spite of documentation, I feel some element
properties are still unclear and might need more documentation(I would be
happy to contribute to documentation once I understand the properties. :-) )
Regards.
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