From 67f422fb9d83ab58c061c77626afe981fb2d3abc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Brady <4265913+mikebrady@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2024 16:09:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a new call to the backends -- prepare_to_play() -- to
 give them advance warning that audio will be coming soon. Sent when the first
 frame is received.

---
 player.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/player.c b/player.c
index 11b0c538..102085a4 100644
--- a/player.c
+++ b/player.c
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@ static abuf_t *buffer_get_frame(rtsp_conn_info *conn) {
           if (conn->ab_buffering) {  // if we are getting packets but not yet forwarding them to the
                                      // player
             if (conn->first_packet_timestamp == 0) { // if this is the very first packet
+            
+              if (config.output->prepare_to_play) // tell the player to get ready
+                config.output->prepare_to_play(); // there could be more than one of these sent
+                
               conn->first_packet_timestamp =
                   curframe->given_timestamp; // we will keep buffering until we are
                                              // supposed to start playing this
-- 
2.47.3