[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] cache protocol: allow cache files to be retained

Michael Niedermayer michael at niedermayer.cc
Fri Mar 31 13:09:22 EEST 2017


On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 01:27:11PM +1100, Timothy Lee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patch allows the name of the cache file to be specified, and
> retains the file after use.  This was marked as a TODO item inside
> cache.c
> 
> If the filename is not specified, the cache protocol reverts back to
> the original behavior of using a temporary file.

keeping files cached should if enabled be automatic and not require
a per file specification of options.

more like the cache in your browser or OS, you look at a file and
it gets cached. if too many have been looked at and the cache exceeds
some space limit the longest ago used gets dropped
something like that



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