[MPlayer-DOCS] [PATCH] real media sync faq

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 11:16:52AM -0400, Giacomo Comes wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 10:23:02PM -0500, compn wrote:
> > 
> > +<question><para>
> > +How can I get rid of a/v desync while seeking through .rm stream?
> > +</para></question>
> > +<answer><para>
> > +<option>-mc 10</option> can help.
> 
> I do not suggest such big value. All the real files I have
> with desync can be fixed with -mc .1 and using .1 has an 
> advantage over bigger values.
> The fact is that after a seek while playing a real file with
> the option -mc n, audio and video are out of sync and it takes 
> about 2*n+4 sec to regain the sync. So if n is 10, it takes 
> more than 20 seconds to resync. If n is .1, it takes only few
> seconds. If you use also the option -autosync 10 togheter with
> -mc n then the time necessary to resync is about n+1.
> The value of the argument of -autosync does not seem to play
> a relevant role. Any values seems good.
> If n is .1 it is also not necessary to use -autosync.

-mc 10 works satisfactorily with all the broken samples I have.  Could
you provide one of your samples for comparison?

Diego