[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] PKT_FLAG_B

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Mon Jul 31 15:21:13 CEST 2006


Hi

On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:24:01AM +0200, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 11:52:38AM +0200, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Here is a patch that define PKT_FLAG_B to mention that a packet contains
> >> a B frame.
> >>
> >> That's not much yet, but it will work with stream copy and it's very
> >> useful. Is that acceptable ? If you think about another name, Im fine also.
> > 
> > for what is it usefull?
> > 
> > [...]
> 
> Mainly because the pts and dts difference is sometimes not exact. I got
> samples here, in which P frames have pts/dts difference of 1 like a
> delay or something.
> 
> Actually there are at least 2 muxers that would need that (mov, and
> gxf), dunno any other muxer need that..

could you elaborate on what these muxers do with the frame types / why
they need them?

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