[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] Re: Ticket #113: mpeg (and other)sequence number wrap not handled

[Mark Spieth]

> On Sunday 17 July 2005 09:20 pm, Mark Spieth wrote:
> > your choice. In that case you better comment out the lsb3full call bit
in
> > the AvFormatDecoder::DoFastForward function. This will break things as
it
> > assumes the timestamps have been adjusted to 0 at start.
> >
> > I think to fix it at the source is the best way. the original wrap fix
> > doesnt work very well and is commented out in the bit of code above the
> > main part of this patch. this is why I put it there in the first place.
The
> > rest compensates for various things.
>
> Your fix doesn't handle live-tv, though, just recordings.

Im pretty sure it does, though I dont use it much. only sets the offset on
open of the stream.
the only thing it wouldnt handle is continuous operation > 26.5 hours. but
thats the case for recordings too. dont know how to resolve this but
practically it shouldnt be a problem.

>
> > since putting this patch in Ive never had a problem with pts wrapping
and
> > it used to happen frequently enough to be quite annoying. Im surprised
more
> > people havent noticed.
>
> Do you have a sample video which I could test with?
>

Ive deleted them all unfortunately. Ill keep my eye out for future
recordings but these are recordings not live tv of course.

cheers
mark