[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavf/mov: Always prefer tfdt over sidx

Gyan Doshi ffmpeg at gyani.pro
Fri Nov 5 05:52:16 EET 2021



On 2021-11-04 04:33 pm, Thilo Borgmann wrote:
> Am 03.11.21 um 17:41 schrieb Gyan Doshi:
>>
>> On 2021-11-03 03:16 pm, Thilo Borgmann wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> this effectively reverts 071930de724166bfb90fc6d368c748771188fd94 and fixes the underlying issue by always preferring TFDT.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, the current solution fails if the -use_tfdt flag is given but no TFDT box is found in the stream.
>> Thanks for the heads-up.
>>
>> The original impetus for my patch was a client's sample file which had rubbish sidx values but sane tfdt ones, likely due to a buggy muxer.
>> The motivation for an option was to give the user control.
>>
>> I think hardcoding a reversed preference can lead to the same impasse. How about change the default value of use_tfdt and check for tfdt presence when enabled?
> Changed the default to use TFDT and add warnings about fallback to SIDX or TFDT where useful.
> Looks better?

LGTM.

Thanks,
Gyan


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