question about the streaming buffer

[yfwong]

While listening to a stream, can I check how many seconds of data is buffered up? Is it possible to set the buffer larger?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

use all the *-caching options.

[yfwong]

use all the *-caching options.

Thanks, the *-caching options can configure the buffer size.
And is it possible to check the buffering status while playing a stream?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

No, VLC fills the buffer then plays and keep the buffer full.

[yfwong]

It seems the latency to start playing increases with the cache size.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Yes. this is normal.

[nvqthinh]

Hi J-B,

How does VLC client keep the buffer full? In fact, what is the speed of buffering? Is it equal to the playback rate (all time) or it depends on the available throughput between the client and the server (I suppose to use UDP)?

Thanks

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

It does it at playback rate.

[nvqthinh]

So, what happen if the buffer is almost run out of media content due to variable network conditions for instance? At the begining, the playout starts when the buffer is filled. If the available throughput decreases below the playback rate, the media content in the buffer will decreased ( the buffer is not full now). My question is how the buffer can be full again after that? An accelerated data rate is needed or just the playout will be stoped/jumed?

Thanks for your explanation.

BR