Added a note to cTsToPes regarding the 'payload start' flag for video data

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index ac5118ca..2ef05959 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -6099,8 +6099,10 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - EIT events are now only processed if a plausible system time is available, to
   avoid wrong handling of PDC descriptors (thanks to Tobias Bratfisch).
 - Removed unused 'synced' member from cTsToPes (reported by Christoph Haubrich).
-- Added a note to cTsToPes about all TS packets having to belong to the same PID
-  (suggested by Christoph Haubrich).
+- Added a note to cTsToPes about all TS packets having to belong to the same PID,
+  and that for video data GetPes() may only be called if the next TS packet that
+  will be given to PutTs() has the "payload start" flag set (suggested by Christoph
+  Haubrich).
 - Added a note about the meaning of PERCENTAGEDELTA in cRingBuffer::UpdatePercentage()
   (thanks to Rolf Ahrenberg).
 - The new setup option "Recording/Pause key handling" can be used to define
diff --git a/remux.h b/remux.h
index 4241d2c6..5e2ba566 100644
--- a/remux.h
+++ b/remux.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: remux.h 2.14 2009/05/17 10:09:35 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remux.h 2.15 2009/05/23 09:51:45 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __REMUX_H
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ public:
        ///< is because video packets may be larger than the data a single
        ///< PES packet with an actual length field can hold, and are therefore
        ///< split into several PES packets with smaller sizes.
+       ///< Note that for video data GetPes() may only be called if the next
+       ///< TS packet that will be given to PutTs() has the "payload start" flag
+       ///< set, because this is the only way to determine the end of a video PES
+       ///< packet.
   void Reset(void);
        ///< Resets the converter. This needs to be called after a PES packet has
        ///< been fetched by a call to GetPes(), and before the next call to