Re: libdvdread

Thu Jul 25 2002, Niels Provos wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am wondering what your performance considerations for libdvdread
> are.  I notice that applications like mplayer do not do large reads.
> I might be useful to introduce a caching layer into libdvdread so
> that small block reads can be answered from the cache.
> 
There haven't be any so far.  When or why do you think this is a problem?

The read request are just passed down as it stands now.  Either to 
the c library or to libdvdcss.

Caching should (and does) take place under the care of the OS,
likewise for readahead, I'd guess. 

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Håkan Hjort