[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] avdevice: use av_gettime_relative() for timestamps

[Kieran Kunhya]

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On Sun, 7 Feb 2021, 17:35 Nicolas George, <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Kieran Kunhya (12021-02-07):
> > Yes and thus you need a monotonic clock as a starting point for proper
> > filtering. Ffmpeg has neither.
>
> The kernel provides timestamps that are accurate enough. I do not
> understand why you insist on the contrary in the face of facts.
>
> Also, for a properly configured system, the wall time clock is
> monotonic.
>

This time can jump forward or backwards. It is trivial to do this. The
monotonic clock cannot do that.

Kieran

Regards,
>
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>   Nicolas George
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