[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] fast -ao pcm hack

[Reimar Döffinger]

Hi,
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:19:58PM +0200, Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Reimar Döffinger <Reimar.Doeffinger at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> > the attached patch adds a suboption to -ao pcm to allow faster dumping.
> 
> What should the man page read besides "allow faster dumping"? I can
> imagine that this new option has its downsides, so it may not be
> desirable to use it all the time... What should the user be warned
> about?

Not well tested, might not dump all audio with very high bitrate streams
(message "too many video packets in buffer"). I am not aware of any
real downsides, beside the fact that it is a hack.

Greetings,
Reimar Döffinger