On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:02:44 +0530 Arvind R <arvin...@gmail.com> said:

> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 22:29:56 +0530 Arvind R <arvin...@gmail.com> said:
> >
> > there - i did my changes to update less frequently - different to your
> > framecount method (time based with timeouts and deletion handling). rev
> > 83854.
> >
> On further probing, I found the following modification (included in
> the post on completing the mouse interface) to really clobber the bug.
> This does not require any minimisation/delay of update frequency, ...
> . It works on all my test clips with all backends (of emotion). From
> this, maybe you can figure out the actual cause of the bug - it may
> not be solved by your timer fix - I have to check it out.

oh my timer thing doesnt fix any bug - it just improves the ui to not update
TOO often (eg 30 or 20 or 60 times a second, where each update may be very
minimal). its an optimization for things like audio playback for example.

the below smells of a workaround... do you STOP getting changed callbacks after
this?

> @@ -176,9 +248,15 @@ _update_position(void *data,
>                   Evas_Object *obj __UNUSED__,
>                   void *event_info __UNUSED__)
>  {
> +   double pos;
> +
>     ELM_PLAYER_DATA_GET(data, sd);
> 
> -   elm_video_play_position_set(sd->video, elm_slider_value_get(sd->slider));
> +   pos = elm_slider_value_get(sd->slider);
> +   if (fabs(sd->pos - pos) > 0.1) {
> +       elm_video_play_position_set(sd->video, pos);
> +   sd->pos = pos;
> +   }
>  }
> 
> 
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The slider emits a "changed"  signal when its internal representation
> >> of value really changes. It does not know whether the user dragged it
> >> or internal updates caused the value change. Most internal incremental
> >> updates when trimmed to the current resolution of the slider, do not
> >> cause a value change and the signal is not emitted on every "set".
> >>
> >> This behaviour causes a 'feedback-loop' in that the "changed" signal
> >> from an internal update, being undifferentiated from a "user-drag",
> >> causes a delayed reposition command to the emotion engine. The result
> >> is a nice 'track-jump-repeat' which in some extreme cases, a
> >> 'stuck-in-a-groove' effect.
> >>
> >> The foll. patch is a solution to this problem; and also reduces the
> >> frequency of slider updates. An alternate solution would be to use
> >> _smart_callback_del() before actually updating slider in
> >> elc_player.c:_update_slider(), and re-installing it back - but this
> >> could open the door to race conditions.
> >>
> >> Arvind
> >> ---
> >>
> >> diff -uprN a/src/lib/elc_player.c b/src/lib/elc_player.c
> >> --- a/src/lib/elc_player.c    2013-02-01 21:59:39.000000000 +0530
> >> +++ b/src/lib/elc_player.c    2013-02-01 21:59:54.000000000 +0530
> >> @@ -163,12 +163,35 @@ _update_slider(void *data,
> >>     ELM_PLAYER_DATA_GET(data, sd);
> >>
> >>     seekable = elm_video_is_seekable_get(sd->video);
> >> +   if (seekable == sd->disabled)
> >> +    elm_object_disabled_set(sd->slider, !seekable);
> >> +
> >>     length = elm_video_play_length_get(sd->video);
> >> -   pos = elm_video_play_position_get(sd->video);
> >>
> >> -   elm_object_disabled_set(sd->slider, !seekable);
> >> -   elm_slider_min_max_set(sd->slider, 0, length);
> >> -   elm_slider_value_set(sd->slider, pos);
> >> +   if (sd->length != length) {
> >> +     sd->length = length;
> >> +     elm_slider_min_max_set(sd->slider, 0, length);
> >> +   }
> >> +
> >> +   if (sd->frames < 0) {
> >> +     pos = elm_video_play_position_get(sd->video);
> >> +     if (fabs(sd->pos - pos) > 0.5) {
> >> +             sd->pos = pos;
> >> +             sd->frames = 30;
> >> +             elm_slider_value_set(sd->slider, pos);
> >> +     }
> >> +   }
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void
> >> +_frame_decoded_cb(void *data,
> >> +               Evas_Object *obj __UNUSED__,
> >> +               void *event_info __UNUSED__)
> >> +{
> >> +   ELM_PLAYER_DATA_GET(data, sd);
> >> +   /* do not update slider on every frame */
> >> +   if (--sd->frames < 0)
> >> +     _update_slider(data, obj, event_info);
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  static void
> >> @@ -176,9 +199,24 @@ _update_position(void *data,
> >>                   Evas_Object *obj __UNUSED__,
> >>                   void *event_info __UNUSED__)
> >>  {
> >> +   /*
> >> +    * called wnenever the value of the slider is changed.
> >> +     *  - irespective of user drags
> >> +     *    or
> >> +     *    internal increments larger than the slider resolution.
> >> +     * the 2nd case causes an inadvertent repositioning of stream
> >> +     * which some engines respond to (xine).
> >> +     * This is a feedback loop that needs to be broken.
> >> +     */
> >> +   double pos;
> >> +
> >>     ELM_PLAYER_DATA_GET(data, sd);
> >>
> >> -   elm_video_play_position_set(sd->video, elm_slider_value_get
> >> (sd->slider));
> >> +   pos = elm_slider_value_get(sd->slider);
> >> +   if (fabs(sd->pos - pos) > 0.25) {
> >> +     elm_video_play_position_set(sd->video, pos);
> >> +     sd->pos = pos;
> >> +   }
> >>  }
> >>
> >>  static void
> >> @@ -455,7 +493,7 @@ _elm_player_smart_content_set(Eo *obj, v
> >>     else elm_layout_signal_emit(obj, "elm,player,pause", "elm");
> >>
> >>     evas_object_smart_callback_add(sd->emotion, "frame_decode",
> >> -                                  _update_slider, obj);
> >> +                                  _frame_decoded_cb, obj);
> >>     evas_object_smart_callback_add(sd->emotion, "frame_resize",
> >>                                    _update_slider, obj);
> >>     evas_object_smart_callback_add(sd->emotion, "length_change",
> >> @@ -495,9 +533,13 @@ _elm_player_smart_add(Eo *obj, void *_pd
> >>       (priv->slider, _double_to_time, _str_free);
> >>     elm_slider_units_format_function_set
> >>       (priv->slider, _double_to_time, _str_free);
> >> -   elm_slider_min_max_set(priv->slider, 0, 0);
> >> +   elm_slider_min_max_set(priv->slider, 0, 1);
> >>     elm_slider_value_set(priv->slider, 0);
> >>     elm_object_disabled_set(priv->slider, EINA_TRUE);
> >> +   priv->disabled = EINA_TRUE;
> >> +   priv->length = 0.0;
> >> +   priv->frames = 0;
> >> +   priv->pos = 0.0;
> >>     evas_object_size_hint_align_set(priv->slider, EVAS_HINT_FILL, 0.5);
> >>     evas_object_size_hint_weight_set
> >>       (priv->slider, EVAS_HINT_EXPAND, EVAS_HINT_EXPAND);
> >> diff -uprN a/src/lib/elm_widget_player.h b/src/lib/elm_widget_player.h
> >> --- a/src/lib/elm_widget_player.h     2012-11-26 12:02:53.000000000 +0530
> >> +++ b/src/lib/elm_widget_player.h     2013-02-01 21:59:54.000000000 +0530
> >> @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ struct _Elm_Player_Smart_Data
> >>     Evas_Object          *rewind;
> >>     Evas_Object          *stop;
> >>     Evas_Object          *slider;
> >> +
> >> +   Eina_Bool disabled; /* used for only-when-must changes */
> >> +   double            length;   /*         --- ditto ---           */
> >> +   short             frames;   /* used to reduce update frequency */
> >> +   double            pos;      /* inter-callback communication to break
> >> slider feedback loop */
> >>  };
> >>
> >>  /**
> >>
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> > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)    ras...@rasterman.com
> >
> 


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