[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC][PATCH] libavformat: add librist protocol

[Marton Balint]

On Mon, 22 Feb 2021, Paul B Mahol wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 9:10 AM Gijs Peskens <gijs at peskens.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi, some feedback from one of the libRIST developers:
>>
>> Testing this patch (via diff found
>> on:
>> https://patchwork.ffmpeg.org/project/ffmpeg/patch/20210126205145.20448-1-onemda@gmail.com/
>> ) I've noticed FFmpeg is not reading fast enough from the libRIST FIFO
>> buffer (which is limited to 1024 packets) causing it to overrun.
>> Unfortunately libRIST had a bug where it kept incrementing the buffer
>> counter indefinitely, this has now been fixed and it will log an error
>> whenever this happens (which is very often with FFmpeg).
>> FFmpeg will need to read the FIFO faster, by calling the librist_read
>> function more often. If that's not possible within the design of FFmpeg
>> the module can either:
>>
>
>
> Unfortunately some other devs disagree with initial patch and thus this
> issue.

Could you pinpoint which change/discussion are you referring to here?

Thanks,
Marton