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| author | Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net> | 2011-07-18 17:22:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Stefan Kost <ensonic@users.sf.net> | 2011-07-18 17:22:41 +0200 |
| commit | 70b95be8f0c65fd19f8cf7078f04a72014ba56a4 (patch) | |
| tree | 19d661f2236d975bdf5ec7ef4ae3647498a448c8 /docs/manual | |
| parent | 43f56243342b5420418902868108e23fac72c76c (diff) | |
docs: clarify clocks docs in manual
After a question on the mailing list, mention that *flushing* seeks reset the
running time.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/manual')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manual/advanced-clocks.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manual/advanced-clocks.xml b/docs/manual/advanced-clocks.xml index 2ab1350bc..dc2a756fb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/advanced-clocks.xml +++ b/docs/manual/advanced-clocks.xml @@ -12,14 +12,16 @@ </para> <para> - &GStreamer; derives several times from the clock and the playback state. + &GStreamer; derives several <emphasis>time value</emphasis> from the clock + and the playback state. It is important to note, that a <emphasis>clock-time</emphasis> is monotonically rising, but the value itself is not meaningful. Subtracting the <emphasis>base-time</emphasis> yields the <emphasis>running-time</emphasis>. It is the same as the <emphasis>stream-time</emphasis> if one plays from start to end at original rate. The <emphasis>stream-time</emphasis> indicates the position in the - media. + media. The <emphasis>running-time</emphasis> is (re-)set to 0 when the + pipeline starts to play and also after <emphasis>flushing</emphasis> seeks. </para> <figure float="1" id="chapter-clock-img"> |