Feature Request - Video Buffer (1 Viewer)

[Drek77]

Started on: 2008-02-08
last update: 2008-02-08

Summary:

Video Buffer (help smooth playback over wireless network)

Description:

For those of us who serve content to thier HTPCs, I would like to suggest a video buffer option in MediaPortal. I have a wireless G connection to my media but depending on the size/quality of a video, it has a tendancy to "hiccup" every now and then. It's not a bad stutter, but its is noticable/distracting.

If MediaPortal could buffer the video it is playing it would eliminate this problem I believe... I understand if you use an external player this wouldnt help but I like the internal one just fine


And thanks again for a great program!

 

[tourettes]

Unfortunately it's not an easy thing as the buffering would need to be done "outside" the MP i.e. between the filesystem and the directshow source filters.

 

[Drek77]

Wow, that was a quick response!

I was afraid of that... I'm no dev so I guess my concept of how a media player works is incorrect.

The way I was thinking was that as the program (MP) opens a file, it decided what to do with that information, be it, output it to the display or queue up some frames that will then be sent to the display....

I thought that once the program had the information that is in the file (be it in part or in full) that IT decided how to use that information....


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