[Live-devel] Problem with socket buffer or not ?

[Ross Finlayson]

>I found that a socket buffer is filling up with waiting packet, 
>waiting to be received by user. I play some video, and before buffer 
>filled up, the video was playing very slow. After buffer was filled 
>up, video suddenly speed up, droping some frames all the time. But 
>using VLC media player every thing is OK.
>
>
>I've restructured code, as you said, but the problem hasn't 
>disapeared. :(. I'm still losing frames. Mayby you have some other 
>idea?

The only thing I can suggest right now is that you increase the OS's 
socket reception buffer - using "increaseReceiverBufferTo()" - to the 
same value that's currently used in VLC: 2000000.  (You said before 
that increasing this buffer helped someehat; perhaps you didn't 
increase it enough?)

Alternatively, just use VLC, because it is already working OK for you :-)
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/