[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] libsvt_av1: remove forced-idr option

[James Almer]

On 7/29/2020 5:47 PM, Lynne wrote:
> This option is directly copy-pasted from the SVT1-HEVC wrapper and has 
> no place in the options for an AV1 encoder.
> 
> AV1 has no H.264/5 IDR frames nor anything like them.
> All this option does is change all real keyframes to an intra-only
> AV1 frame, which is not seekable. Hence, any streams encoded with
> this option enabled will not be seekable.

Can confirm it creates streams with a single key-frame at the beginning.

> 
> Having an option that breaks encoded streams this much is not what
> we'd like. If SVT-AV1 developers would like to have an open-gop
> option a patch to enable that could be added with an appropriate
> name and after a discussion, rather than slipping through reviews.

Will apply.