[PATCH 08/16] winegstreamer: Implement media source on gstreamer.

[Derek Lesho]

On 3/27/20 6:28 AM, Nikolay Sivov wrote:

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> On 3/26/20 3:12 AM, Derek Lesho wrote:
>> +    TRACE("Fufilled %u sample requests. %u pending samples.  %s more 
>> requests.\n",
>> +            fufilled_counter, This->pending_samples, 
>> list_empty(&This->sample_requests) ? "no" : "");
> I was testing these winegstreamer patches today, in context of media 
> session, and noticed that right after Start() call and before I had a 
> chance to make any
> sample requests, I get trace above showing hundreds of pending samples 
> already. Does it mean source buffers whole media unconditionally, or 
> is there a limit to it?
>
> Even if requests will normally come soon after start, it will at least 
> take time to deliver source/stream state events, which takes arbitrary 
> time,
> or may never happen. If it's really a case of excessive buffering 
> we'll have to limit it somehow.
>
Yeah, by default appsink infinitely buffers, we can change this by 
setting the max-buffers property of the element.