From 8fa5f0110067ac7df7ee62a960b86f85fcb4428f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Olivier=20Cr=C3=AAte?= Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] mimenc: Document paused-mode property --- ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c b/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c index dd1721f4fb..c435d59c87 100644 --- a/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c +++ b/ext/mimic/gstmimenc.c @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ /* * GStreamer * Copyright (c) 2005 INdT. + * Copyright (c) 2009 Collabora Ltd. * @author Andre Moreira Magalhaes * @author Philippe Khalaf + * @author Olivier Crête * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public @@ -26,6 +28,13 @@ * The MIMIC codec is used by MSN Messenger's webcam support. It creates the * TCP header for the MIMIC codec. * + * When using it to communicate directly with MSN Messenger, if the sender + * wants to stop sending, he has to send a special buffer every 4 seconds. + * When the "paused-mode" property is set to TRUE, if the element receives no + * buffer on its sink pad for 4 seconds, it will produced a special paused + * frame and will continue doing so every 4 seconds until a new buffer is + *u received on its sink pad. + * * Its fourcc is ML20. */