[Libav-user] Encoding with variable frame rate

[John Stebbins]

On 05/21/2013 10:02 AM, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> On 5/21/13, Brad O'Hearne <brado at bighillsoftware.com> wrote:
>> On May 21, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Kalileo <kalileo at universalx.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> 1. Does FFmpeg support variable frame rate, or not?
>>> ffmpeg gives you the tools to handle it. Don't mix statements about ffmpeg
>>> command line tool with what you can do with the ffmpeg libraries.
>> Does FFmpeg support variable frame rate? If yes, let's take the specific
>> example of setting time_base.den to 30 fps. How do I send 15 fps to the
>> encoder and ensure accurate playback timing? No theory -- specifics please.
>> I'm not arguing, I'm not calling you wrong, I'm not making platitudes about
>> or branding ffmpeg. I've got code that for months showed me something
>> different and I'm trying to work that out. If you are saying that I should
>> be able to send 15fps at an encoder with time_base.den set to 30, and
>> correct it by setting pts to 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. i.e. every other frame, then
>> I'll construct that case and test it. Is that what you are saying, or
>> something different?
> Something like that, but also AVPacket.duration of each packet should
> be set in AVPacket.time_base units
>
>>> You might want to study the basic old example of a player written using
>>> the ffmpeg libraries by Dranger. Seriously.
>> Spent hours with it over months past. That resource, and a few other,
>> helped.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>

Hmm, I've recently started an effort to use libav for muxing in HandBrake. 
https://reviews.handbrake.fr/r/494/

HandBrake does variable framerate encoding by default.  I haven't seen any synchronization issues as of yet (in mplayer
or vlc).  As a test, I just ran the worst variable rate sample I have through this new code and don't see any problems
from beginning to end.  My sample is a DVD that switches constantly between film and ntsc rates.  Do any of you have
variable rate sources that you can demonstrate this problem with?  I would be glad to test them.

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