1 // Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef MEDIA_BASE_TIME_SOURCE_H_
6 #define MEDIA_BASE_TIME_SOURCE_H_
8 #include "base/time/time.h"
9 #include "media/base/media_export.h"
13 // A TimeSource is capable of providing the current media time.
14 class MEDIA_EXPORT TimeSource
{
17 virtual ~TimeSource() {}
19 // Signal the time source to start ticking. It is expected that values from
20 // CurrentMediaTime() will start increasing.
21 virtual void StartTicking() = 0;
23 // Signal the time source to stop ticking. It is expected that values from
24 // CurrentMediaTime() will remain constant.
25 virtual void StopTicking() = 0;
27 // Updates the current playback rate. It is expected that values from
28 // CurrentMediaTime() will eventually reflect the new playback rate (e.g., the
29 // media time will advance at half speed if the rate was set to 0.5f).
30 virtual void SetPlaybackRate(float playback_rate
) = 0;
32 // Sets the media time to start ticking from. Only valid to call while the
33 // time source is not ticking.
34 virtual void SetMediaTime(base::TimeDelta time
) = 0;
36 // Returns the current media timestamp relative to the timestamp set by
39 // Values returned are intended for informational purposes, such as displaying
40 // UI with the current minute and second count. While it is guaranteed values
41 // will never go backwards, the frequency at which they update may be low.
42 virtual base::TimeDelta
CurrentMediaTime() = 0;
44 // Converts a media timestamp into a wall clock time. If the media time is
45 // stopped, returns a null TimeTicks.
47 // |media_time| values too far ahead of the current media time will return an
48 // estimated value; as such, these values may go backwards in time slightly.
50 // |media_time| values behind the current media time may be significantly
51 // incorrect if the playback rate has changed recently. The only guarantee is
52 // that the returned time will be less than the current wall clock time.
53 virtual base::TimeTicks
GetWallClockTime(base::TimeDelta media_time
) = 0;
58 #endif // MEDIA_BASE_TIME_SOURCE_H_