[FFmpeg-devel] Number of bytes read at a time

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 05:04:45PM -0400, Jon Dufresne wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In my program I created a custom protocol for ffmpeg that reads
> streaming data off a custom piece of hardware in the form of an mpeg2
> transport stream.
> 
> I've noticed that every time ffmpeg reads the device it requests 32768
> (0x8000) bytes of data. Usually this is read in 10-12ms, but I have
> witnessed occasional times where it takes 30-40ms. Since this is more
> than 33 ms this is longer than the time of one frame (29.97 fps).
> 
> Is there a way that I can reduce the number of bytes read at once? Is
> there some parameter to set in the Protocol struct or the FormatContext?
> 
> I think if it read fewer bytes at a time then I would be more successful
> at getting a frame in time.

URLContext.max_packet_size maybe

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