ADAPTIVE BUFFERS FOR MEDIA PLAYERS

摘要

A system and method relate to determining am initial buffer size associated with a buffer and modifying the initial buffer size when jitter is detected. The initial buffer size may be determined and modified based on a maximum initial buffer size, and the maximum initial buffer size may be determined based on delays associated with storing data to the buffer. For example, the maximum initial buffer size may correspond to a quantity of data that can be stored to the buffer during a maximum acceptable buffering delay. The maximum acceptable buffering delay may be identified by determining drop rates associated with different buffering delays and selecting, as the maximum acceptable buffering delay, one of the buffering delays associated with a maximum acceptable drop rate.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, a first initial buffer size associated with a buffer; storing, by the processor, first data to the buffer based on the first initial buffer size; providing, by the processor, a portion of the first data stored in the buffer; detecting, by the processor, jitter associated with providing the portion of first the data stored in the buffer; determining, by the processor, whether the first initial buffer size is less than a maximum buffer size associated with the buffer; increasing, by the processor, the first initial buffer size to form an second initial buffer size when the first initial buffer size does not correspond to the maximum buffer size and when the jitter is detected; and storing, by the processor, second data to the buffer based on the second initial buffer size.