Add support for forced prebuffering.

[cubemap] / stream.h

diff --git a/stream.h b/stream.h
index ef475e6f1b2dff32674494a8999f85c6da5a9e35..4947c3fbd7fdf11a43b8456a78f4a0c80812c58f 100644 (file)
--- a/stream.h
+++ b/stream.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct Stream {
        // Must be in sync with StreamConfig::Encoding.
        enum Encoding { STREAM_ENCODING_RAW = 0, STREAM_ENCODING_METACUBE };
 
-       Stream(const std::string &stream_id, size_t backlog_size, Encoding encoding);
+       Stream(const std::string &stream_id, size_t backlog_size, size_t prebuffering_bytes, Encoding encoding);
        ~Stream();
 
        // Serialization/deserialization.
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ struct Stream {
        // How many bytes <data_fd> can hold (the buffer size).
        size_t backlog_size;
 
+       // How many bytes we need to have in the backlog before we start
+       // sending (in practice, we will then send all of them at once,
+       // and then start sending at the normal rate thereafter).
+       // This is basically to force a buffer on the client, which can help
+       // if the client expects us to be able to fill up the buffer much
+       // faster than realtime (ie., it expects a static file).
+       size_t prebuffering_bytes;
+
        // How many bytes this stream have received. Can very well be larger
        // than <backlog_size>, since the buffer wraps.
        size_t bytes_received;