[Live-devel] bug found and corrected

[Ross Finlayson]

Thanks.  However, the existing code is not really a 'bug', although 
your suggested change is (arguably) an improvement.

As you noticed, the current per-transport-packet duration estimation 
code has trouble converging on a stable estimate for streams - such 
as yours - that are wildly VBR.  Your suggested change will probably 
help things (although I can also imagine streams for which it might 
make things worse by taking longer to converge to the 'correct' 
average duration).  I am also a bit concerned about the arbitrariness 
of the constant "20" that you use.

Nonetheless, I'll add your change to the next release of the library.

(Looking longer-term, a better solution for streaming prerecorded 
files (but not live streams) will be to extend the existing "index 
file" mechanism to include accurate durations - which could be 
computed in advance when generating the index file.)


	Ross Finlayson
	Live Networks, Inc. (LIVE555.COM)
	<http://www.live555.com/>