[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ALSA for libavdevice

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 02:34:04PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le quintidi 25 frimaire, an CCXVII, Michael Niedermayer a ?crit?:
> > you add 2 values, one being nanoseconds, one being samples. The timebase
> > choosen is a multiple of neither.
> 
> Neither timebase can represent the value exactly, but both are accurate
> enough so that it does not matter. Then the choice should be done, I think,
> based on which one is more practical. And IMHO, a second-based unit is more
> practical when it comes to integration with other parts of the software.
> 
> But I do not insist on it, and I will leave you the final word: if you just
> tell me the solution you prefer, I will implement it. As far as I remember,
> the possibilities are: nanoseconds, microseconds, samples, 128th of samples;
> and the origin may be the Epoch or the initialization of the stream.

choose which you prefer, if it causes problems in reality (which i admit is
unlikely) it can be changed later

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