Re: GStreamer: what mean 'preroll'¿

[dooteo <dooteo zundan com>]

Hi Tim,

Jatorrizko mezua: ar., 2008-06-03 13:42 +0100, egilea: Tim Müller
> On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 11:51 +0200, dooteo wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > In GStreamer POT file, there are message with 'preroll' word.
> 
> In GStreamer terminology this describes the process of preparing a
> GStreamer pipeline for playback/recording. What happens is that
> audio/video data starts flowing through the pipeline until all elements
> have data (so that you could start actually playing/outputting the
> video/audio immediately).
> 
> I believe this terminology is only used in strings in developer tools
> such as gst-launch.
> 
> 
> > In Spanish and French languages, they translate as 'prepare'.
> 
> That makes sense, I think.
> 

Oh my root! Great explanation :)

We going to use a word like 'prepare' too...

Thanks, and best regards,

Dooteo