[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avdevice/decklink: Add option to align Capture start time

[Devin Heitmueller]

Hello Karthick,


> On Sep 24, 2018, at 7:49 AM, Karthick J <kjeyapal at akamai.com> wrote:
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> From: Karthick Jeyapal <kjeyapal at akamai.com>
> 
> This option is useful for maintaining input synchronization across N
> different hardware devices deployed for 'N-way' redundancy.
> The system time of different hardware devices should be synchronized
> with protocols such as NTP or PTP, before using this option.

I can certainly see the usefulness of such a feature, but is the decklink module really the right place for this?  This feels like something that should be done through a filter (either as a multimedia filter or a BSF).

Does anyone else have an suggestions as to a better place to do this?

Devin

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