Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into 2.0

[dcpomatic.git] / src / lib / decoder.h

diff --git a/src/lib/decoder.h b/src/lib/decoder.h
index 18f612e538c5e645470c33cfcca91175a58a0b13..583a92636443ba7cd1bd650eb3cf61144017394c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/decoder.h
+++ b/src/lib/decoder.h
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@ public:
 protected:     
        /** Seek so that the next pass() will yield the next thing
         *  (video/sound frame, subtitle etc.) at or after the requested
-        *  time.  Pass accurate = true to try harder to get close to
-        *  the request.  Note that seeking to time t may mean that
-        *  the next pass() yields, for example, audio at time t and then
-        *  video before it.
+        *  time.  Pass accurate = true to try harder to ensure that, at worst,
+        *  the next thing we yield comes before `time'.  This may entail
+        *  seeking some way before `time' to be on the safe side.
+        *  Alternatively, if seeking is 100% accurate for this decoder,
+        *  it may seek to just the right spot.
         */
        virtual void seek (ContentTime time, bool accurate) = 0;
        virtual bool pass () = 0;