On Sun, 7 Feb 2021, 14:21 Nicolas George, <geo...@nsup.org> wrote: > Marton Balint (12021-02-07): > > av_gettime_relative() is using the monotonic clock therefore more > suitable as a > > timestamp source and for relative time calculations. > > > > Probably fixes ticket #9089. > > Not ok. > > This is a user-visible change of behavior, we cannot do it just like > that. > > Furthermore, for devices, timestamps are not only needed to synchronize > between devices within the same computer, they may be needed to > synchronize between devices connected to different computers, or between > devices and other network streams (IP webcams are the obvious example). >
It is wrong to suggest that the clock of an IP webcam has any relation at all to the PC clock both absolute or relative. The best course of action is to generalize what was done with v4l: make > it an option. > This is as usual a major flaw in v4l2. The monotonic clock should always be used. It's the least-worst clock. Kieran Regards, > > -- > Nicolas George > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-devel mailing list > ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
