Continue to experiement with metadata. Make it a little more resistant to line drop outs and delays, add too-simple reference counting to rtsp messages.

Makefile.am

@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ SUBDIRS = man
 bin_PROGRAMS = shairport-sync
 shairport_sync_SOURCES = shairport.c metadata.c rtsp.c mdns.c mdns_external.c common.c rtp.c player.c alac.c audio.c audio_dummy.c audio_pipe.c
 
-if USE_CUSTOMPIDDIR
-AM_CFLAGS= \
-	-DPIDDIR=\"$(CUSTOM_PID_DIR)\" -Wno-multichar
-else
-AM_CFLAGS= -Wno-multichar
-endif
+AM_CFLAGS = -Wno-multichar
 
-AM_CFLAGS += -Wno-multichar
+if USE_CUSTOMPIDDIR
+AM_CFLAGS+= \
+	-DPIDDIR=\"$(CUSTOM_PID_DIR)\"
+endif
 
 if USE_AVAHI
 shairport_sync_SOURCES += mdns_avahi.c

metadata.c

@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ void metadata_process(uint32_t type,uint32_t code,char *data,uint32_t length) {
      		debug(1,"Error writing base64 data to pipe: \"%s\".",strerror(errno));
     	remaining_data+=towrite_count;
     	remaining_count-=towrite_count;
-      //ret = write(fd,"\r\n",2);
-      //if (ret<0)
+      // ret = write(fd,"\r\n",2);
+      // if (ret<0)
      	//	debug(1,"Error writing base64 cr/lf to pipe.");
     }
     snprintf(thestring,1024,"</data>\n");

player.c

@@ -951,6 +951,10 @@ static void *player_thread_func(void *arg) {
           } else {
             sync_error_out_of_bounds = 0;
           }
+
+          // mark the frame as finished 
+          inframe->timestamp=0;
+          inframe->sequence_number = 0;
               
           // debug(1,"Sync error %lld frames. Amount to stuff %d." ,sync_error,amount_to_stuff);
           

rtsp.c

@@ -173,23 +173,25 @@ static char *nextline(char *in, int inbuf) {
 }
 
 typedef struct {
-    int nheaders;
-    char *name[16];
-    char *value[16];
+  uint32_t  referenceCount; // we might start using this...
+  int nheaders;
+  char *name[16];
+  char *value[16];
 
-    int contentlength;
-    char *content;
+  int contentlength;
+  char *content;
 
-    // for requests
-    char method[16];
+  // for requests
+  char method[16];
 
-    // for responses
-    int respcode;
+  // for responses
+  int respcode;
 } rtsp_message;
 
 static rtsp_message * msg_init(void) {
     rtsp_message *msg = malloc(sizeof(rtsp_message));
     memset(msg, 0, sizeof(rtsp_message));
+    msg->referenceCount = 1;
     return msg;
 }
 
@@ -222,6 +224,7 @@ static void msg_print_debug_headers(rtsp_message *msg) {
 }
 
 static void msg_free(rtsp_message *msg) {
+  if (--(msg->referenceCount)<=0) {
     int i;
     for (i=0; i<msg->nheaders; i++) {
         free(msg->name[i]);
@@ -230,6 +233,9 @@ static void msg_free(rtsp_message *msg) {
     if (msg->content)
         free(msg->content);
     free(msg);
+  } else {
+    debug(1,"rtsp_message reference count non-zero!");
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -367,10 +373,12 @@ static enum rtsp_read_request_response rtsp_read_request(int fd, rtsp_message**
     return reply;
 
 shutdown:
-    free(buf);
     if (msg) {
-        msg_free(msg);
+      msg_free(msg); // which will free the content and everything else
     }
+    // in case the message wasn't formed or wasn't fully initialised
+    if ((msg) && (msg-> content == NULL) || (!msg))
+      free(buf);
     *the_packet = NULL;
     return reply;
 }
@@ -992,7 +1000,7 @@ static void *rtsp_conversation_thread_func(void *pconn) {
 
 respond:
         msg_write_response(conn->fd, resp);
-        msg_free(req);
+        msg_free(req); // we may change this to use reference counting!
         msg_free(resp);
       } else {
         if (reply!=rtsp_read_request_response_shutdown_requested)