[FFmpeg-cvslog] doc/protocols: add a note regarding the circular RX UDP buffer

[Stefano Sabatini]

ffmpeg | branch: master | Stefano Sabatini <stefasab at gmail.com> | Wed Jul 18 16:56:11 2012 +0200| [e1422940f2edcb2518cc9e7da2a8206f420511b1] | committer: Stefano Sabatini

doc/protocols: add a note regarding the circular RX UDP buffer

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=e1422940f2edcb2518cc9e7da2a8206f420511b1
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 doc/protocols.texi |    5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index 1321075..74c15f6 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ udp://@var{hostname}:@var{port}[?@var{options}]
 
 @var{options} contains a list of &-separated options of the form @var{key}=@var{val}.
 
+In case threading is enabled on the system, a circular buffer is used
+to store the incoming data, which allows to reduce loss of data due to
+UDP socket buffer overruns. The @var{fifo_size} and
+ at var{overrun_nonfatal} options are related to this buffer.
+
 The list of supported options follows.
 
 @table @option