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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by mirekrusin on Thursday December 19, 2019 @10:47AM (#21835879)
probably not much because you don't need to decompress them, just keep in volatile memory
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by wolfgke on Thursday December 19, 2019 @11:04AM (#21836076)
> probably not much because you don't need to decompress them, just keep in volatile memory

How do you plan to obtain I-frames without decompressing them?

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by nwallin on Thursday December 19, 2019 @02:38PM (#21838415)
The decompression could be done lazily when you switch to that channel.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by mirekrusin on Saturday December 21, 2019 @01:07AM (#21849898)
The same way that switching to a channel does it. But instead of waiting for next one to arrive you first scan your 0.5s buffer.
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