[Libav-user] what's ffmpeg parser?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

YIRAN LI <mrfun.china at ...> writes:

> may I know what are the parsers? 

Not all containers store the video (and audio) 
frames packet-wise... 

> Will --disable-parsers cause decoding fail?

For some files.

As a rule of thumb: You can disable the parsers 
for which you also disabled the decoders.
Parser mpegaudio relates to mp3 and mp2, parser 
mpegvideo to mpeg1video and mpeg2video.

Carl Eugen