/// <summary>
/// Starts the playback and returns immediately
/// The main use case is real-time feeds.
/// </summary>
public void Start()
{
foreach (IInputStream i in _inputs)
{
i.StartTime = StartTime;
i.EndTime = EndTime;
if (KnownTypes == null)
{
continue;
}
foreach (Type t in KnownTypes)
{
i.AddKnownType(t);
}
}
if (_inputs.Count == 0)
{
throw new Exception("No input sequences were added to the Playback");
}
if (_inputs.Count > 1)
{
IEnumerator <Timestamped <object> >[] queues = (from i in _inputs select i.Output).ToArray();
_mergesort = new PullMergeSort <Timestamped <object> >(e => e.Timestamp.DateTime, queues);
_timeSource.Connect();
_pumpStart = new ManualResetEvent(false);
_pump = new OutputPump <Timestamped <object> >(_mergesort, _subject, _pumpStart);
_pumpStart.Set();
_stopwatch.Start();
foreach (IInputStream i in _inputs)
{
i.Start();
}
}
else
{
_timeSource.Connect();
IInputStream singleInput = _inputs[0];
_stopwatch.Start();
singleInput.Start(_subject);
}
}