Src: change Windows Timer Precision, ref #264. Patch by atmo / Andre Weber.

src/misc/mtime.c

@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@
 
 #if defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
 #   include <windows.h>
+#   include <mmsystem.h>
 #endif
+
+#if defined( UNDER_CE )
+#   include <windows.h>
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_SYS_TIME_H)
 #   include <sys/time.h>
 #endif
@@ -211,6 +217,30 @@ mtime_t mdate( void )
         freq = ( QueryPerformanceFrequency( &buf ) &&
                  (buf.QuadPart == I64C(1193182) || buf.QuadPart == I64C(3579545) ) )
                ? buf.QuadPart : 0;
+
+#if defined( WIN32 )
+        /* on windows 2000, XP and Vista detect if there are two
+           cores there - that makes QueryPerformanceFrequency in
+           any case not trustable?
+           (may also be true, for single cores with adaptive
+            CPU frequency and active power management?)
+        */
+        HINSTANCE h_Kernel32 = LoadLibraryA("kernel32.dll");
+        if(h_Kernel32)
+        {
+            void WINAPI (*pf_GetSystemInfo)(LPSYSTEM_INFO*);
+            pf_GetSystemInfo = (void WINAPI (*)(LPSYSTEM_INFO*))
+                                GetProcAddress(h_Kernel32, "GetSystemInfo");
+            if(pf_GetSystemInfo)
+            {
+               SYSTEM_INFO system_info;
+               pf_GetSystemInfo(&system_info);
+               if(system_info.dwNumberOfProcessors > 1)
+                  freq = 0;
+            }
+            FreeLibrary(h_Kernel32);
+        }
+#endif
     }
 
     if( freq != 0 )
@@ -226,9 +256,9 @@ mtime_t mdate( void )
     }
     else
     {
-        /* Fallback on GetTickCount() which has a milisecond resolution
-         * (actually, best case is about 10 ms resolution)
-         * GetTickCount() only returns a DWORD thus will wrap after
+        /* Fallback on timeGetTime() which has a milisecond resolution
+         * (actually, best case is about 5 ms resolution)
+         * timeGetTime() only returns a DWORD thus will wrap after
          * about 49.7 days so we try to detect the wrapping. */
 
         static CRITICAL_SECTION date_lock;
@@ -238,14 +268,23 @@ mtime_t mdate( void )
         if( i_wrap_counts == -1 )
         {
             /* Initialization */
+#if defined( WIN32 )
+            i_previous_time = I64C(1000) * timeGetTime();
+#else
             i_previous_time = I64C(1000) * GetTickCount();
+#endif
             InitializeCriticalSection( &date_lock );
             i_wrap_counts = 0;
         }
 
         EnterCriticalSection( &date_lock );
+#if defined( WIN32 )
+        res = I64C(1000) *
+            (i_wrap_counts * I64C(0x100000000) + timeGetTime());
+#else
         res = I64C(1000) *
             (i_wrap_counts * I64C(0x100000000) + GetTickCount());
+#endif
         if( i_previous_time > res )
         {
             /* Counter wrapped */
@@ -331,7 +370,7 @@ void msleep( mtime_t delay )
     snooze( delay );
 
 #elif defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
-    Sleep( (int) (delay / 1000) );
+    Sleep( (DWORD) (delay / 1000) );
 
 #elif defined( HAVE_NANOSLEEP )
     struct timespec ts_delay;

src/misc/win32_specific.c

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #if !defined( UNDER_CE )
 #   include <io.h>
 #   include <fcntl.h>
+#   include  <mmsystem.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <winsock.h>
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ void system_Init( libvlc_int_t *p_this, int *pi_argc, const char *ppsz_argv[] )
 #if !defined( UNDER_CE )
     _fmode = _O_BINARY;
     _setmode( _fileno( stdin ), _O_BINARY ); /* Needed for pipes */
+
+    timeBeginPeriod(5);
 #endif
 
     /* Call mdate() once to make sure it is initialized properly */
@@ -370,5 +373,9 @@ void system_End( libvlc_int_t *p_this )
         vlc_global()->psz_vlcpath = NULL;
     }
 
+#if !defined( UNDER_CE )
+    timeEndPeriod(5);
+#endif
+
     WSACleanup();
 }