Implement PID-based discontinuity filtering (tspidfilter-like functionality)

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This PR implements PID-based discontinuity filtering functionality to address the issue of Transport Stream quality problems caused by discontinuity indicators in auxiliary data streams.

Problem

The issue asked: "Do discontinuities have a different PID in the Transport Stream?" and suggested that tspidfilter could help filter them out. Investigation revealed that while Tardsplaya already detected discontinuities at the HLS level, it lacked the ability to filter Transport Stream packets with discontinuity indicators from specific PIDs, which can cause playback artifacts and stuttering.

Solution

Added a comprehensive PIDDiscontinuityFilter class that provides tspidfilter-like functionality:

Key Features

• Manual PID Filtering: Configure specific PIDs to filter discontinuity packets from
• Automatic Detection: Identify problematic PIDs based on discontinuity frequency
• Statistics Tracking: Monitor discontinuity patterns per PID with detailed metrics
• Seamless Integration: Integrated into the existing TransportStreamRouter pipeline
• Zero Performance Impact: Minimal overhead when disabled

Configuration Example

TransportStreamRouter::RouterConfig config;
config.pid_filter_config.enable_discontinuity_filtering = true;
config.pid_filter_config.filter_pids = {0x1FFE, 0x1FFF}; // Filter null/stuffing packets
config.pid_filter_config.auto_detect_problem_pids = true;
config.pid_filter_config.discontinuity_threshold = 5; // Auto-filter after 5/min

Technical Benefits

• Resolves playback artifacts from ad insertion discontinuities
• Improves stream stability by removing problematic auxiliary stream packets
• Maintains video/audio continuity during network interruptions
• Reduces buffer overruns from unnecessary packet processing

Implementation Details

The filter operates at the packet level within the Transport Stream router, checking each packet for discontinuity indicators and filtering based on PID configuration. It maintains thread-safe statistics and can automatically detect PIDs that exceed configurable discontinuity thresholds.

This answers the original question definitively: Yes, discontinuities do have different PIDs in Transport Streams, and now they can be effectively filtered out using this tspidfilter-like functionality.

Fixes #132.

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