[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 5/5] ffserver: Add basic documentation of the architecture

[Stephan Holljes]

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:54 PM, Moritz Barsnick <barsnick at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 17:41:26 +0200, Stephan Holljes wrote:
>> +In its current for this is a HTTP live-streaming server. A media file can be
>                     ^ form    ^ an
>
>> +streamed to a number of clients with the correct media file being muxed on-
>> +the-fly for each client starting at the current position in the stream.
>
> I don't understand: What's "correct"? And what is the "current
> position"? From ffserver's point of view: The position if progressed to
> between launch and connection of client?

"correct" was probably the wrong word here. I have replaced it locally
by "a proper" instead of "the correct", although it feels unnecessary
in general. I might reword this.
The "current position" is, as you described, the position ffserver has
progressed to with reading the input since starting the program +
configurable buffering (so client's don't "stutter" during playback).
I will try to make that a bit clearer.

>
>> +The stream received by the clients is simply a HTTP response to an HTTP
>                                                 ^ an               ^ here, it's correct ;-)
>
>> +is answered with a HTTP 400 error.
>                     ^ an

I noticed these right before going to bed last night as well, fixed.

>
> Moritz
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Thanks again!