[garbear]

I'm working on better understanding VideoPlayer. Specifically, I'm wondering why PTS are out of order:

http://paste.ubuntu.com/23640002/

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Code:

22:15:49.649 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 1151, dts: 0.000000, pts: 83416.666667
22:15:50.223 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 54, dts: 41708.333333, pts: 250250.000000
22:15:50.224 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 83416.666667, pts: 166833.333333
22:15:50.224 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 125125.000000, pts: 125125.000000
22:15:50.224 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 166833.333333, pts: 208541.666667
22:15:50.527 T:2348807136   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 1
22:15:50.527 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 60, dts: 208541.666667, pts: 417083.333333
22:15:50.528 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 55, dts: 250250.000000, pts: 333666.666667
22:15:50.528 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 291958.333333, pts: 291958.333333
22:15:50.529 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 333666.666667, pts: 375375.000000
22:15:50.694 T:2348807136   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 1
22:15:50.694 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 60, dts: 375375.000000, pts: 583916.666667
22:15:50.694 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 55, dts: 417083.333333, pts: 500500.000000
22:15:50.695 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 458791.666667, pts: 458791.666667
22:15:50.696 T:2348807136   DEBUG: Calling m_pVideoCodec->Decode() - iSize: 53, dts: 500500.000000, pts: 542208.333333
22:15:50.861 T:2348807136   DEBUG: CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 1

This causes packets to be dropped because they're detected as late.

With all the h.264 videos I've tried, pts fluctuates until every 4th frame, where it matches dts. Also, every 4 frames is the period of the "CVideoPlayerVideo::CalcDropRequirement - hurry: 1" message, which shows up about 15 times before going away.

If I have my decoder drop the pts, VideoPlayer will use the rendertime, no packets are dropped, and the video plays fine.

Is this normal behavior? Can someone clarify what's going on?

What does "hurry: 1" mean?

Is it always true that 1 demux packet sent to Decode() == 1 frame?

Thanks for the insights.