[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: use a different time filter.

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 08:35:22PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> The time filter used so far was designed for JACK, which returns data in
> small packets with constant size. Reads from ALSA have varying size,
> especially in non-blocking mode, and can be much bigger with some plugins.
> With these parameters, the filter is likely to diverge.
> 
> The new filter is based on a least-square linear fit maintained with an
> exponential weighted moving average. It converges somewhat slower but can
> handle larger and varying periods and can not diverge under normal
> circumstances.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas George <nicolas.george at normalesup.org>
> ---
> 
> 
> This is one of two options I have found. The other is this: use an arbitrary
> period size, maybe sample_rate / 256, and use the current time filter with
> interpolated values. That would probably make less code overall, but I am
> not comfortable with the arbitrary values and the possible divergence.

Can you explain how the current timefilter becomes divergent ?

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