[Live-devel] Simulate Packet loss

[Ross Finlayson]

>Hi Ross,
>in MultiFramedRTPSource.cpp there is:
>#ifdef TEST_LOSS
>     source->setPacketReorderingThresholdTime(0);
>        // don't wait for 'lost' packets to arrive out-of-order later
>     if ((our_random()%10) == 0) break; // simulate 10% packet loss
>#endif
>
>I do not understand what it means simulate 10% packet loss

What part of this code don't you understand?

This code, when enabled (note that by default, it's *not* enabled) 
randomly drops each packet, with probabilty 1/10.
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Ross Finlayson
Live Networks, Inc.
http://www.live555.com/