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| -rw-r--r-- | stream/cache.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/stream/cache.c b/stream/cache.c index ede1e1fe83..fc4b2761da 100644 --- a/stream/cache.c +++ b/stream/cache.c @@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ static bool cache_fill(struct priv *s) // number of buffer bytes which should be preserved in backwards direction int64_t back = MPCLAMP(read - s->min_filepos, 0, s->back_size); + // limit maximum readahead to half the total buffer size, to ensure that + // we don't stall the network when starting a file (not reading new data + // by preserving the backbuffer) - unless the whole file fits in the cache + if (s->stream_size > s->buffer_size) + back = MPMAX(back, s->buffer_size / 2); + // number of buffer bytes that are valid and can be read int64_t newb = FFMAX(s->max_filepos - read, 0); |