LMNetDmx.AutoLiveTolerance Property

Remarks

Gets or sets the AutoLiveTolerance which determines whether the network demux should favor live playback (AutoLiveTolerance = 0) or smooth playback (AutoLiveTolerance > 0). The AutoLiveTolerance is measured in seconds.

Currently, all values > 0 for AutoLiveTolerance, instruct the network demux to prefer smooth video over live video. Future versions of demultiplexer will use this value to fine-tune the video playback latency.

The default is 0, which will force the network demux to favor live video. This can cause jerky playback on jittery networks with high latencies. VPNs and wireless networks are examples of jittery networks.

These jittery networks have occasional bottlenecks, which cause some packets to arrive with significant delays (could be several seconds). For these networks, the default behavior of choosing live video will cause the playback to freeze and then speed up when the interruptions occur, causing multiple packets to arrive at the same time. If this effect becomes undesirable, you can set the AutoLiveTolerance to a value greater than 0 (for example, set it to 3) to allow the demux to smooth the playback. You should keep in mind, however, that once you favor smooth playback, the playback stream will start to drift behind the live stream. As a result,  there might be a delay of several seconds between what you see and what is captured at the other end.

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