- /* Wait until the queue has gone down a bit */
- while (_queue.size() >= threads * 2) {
- LOG_TIMING ("decoder-sleep queue=%1", _queue.size());
+ /* Wait until the queue has gone down a bit. Allow one thing in the queue even
+ when there are no threads.
+ */
+ while (_queue.size() >= (threads * 2) + 1) {
+ LOG_TIMING ("decoder-sleep queue=%1 threads=%2", _queue.size(), threads);