[Ffmpeg-devel] mpeg4 avi, corrupted frames when CODEC_FLAG_TRUNCATED is set

[Martin Boehme]

Derk-Jan Hartman wrote:
> On 21 okt 2005, at 11:19, Colin Ward wrote:
> 
>> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>
>>>>   So the great question is: If I have a media player that plays AVI,
>>>>   MPEG, MOV, MP3 and OGG files, how do I know when this flag should
>>>>   be on and when it shouldn't?
>>>>
>>> The demuxers will have to specify whether they return complete frames
>>> or not.
>>>
>>
>>   And I take it from your use of the future tense that this is not  
>> done yet?  :-)
>>
>>   Wouldn't that mean that it is not possible to play all formats  
>> without one or another of them giving problems if the flag is set,  
>> and a different one or another of them giving problems if it is not?
> 
> You mean to say we live in an IMPERFECT world?????
> OMG. i never knew. I thought my Windows NEVER crashed....

OK, I'll take the flamebait... ;-)

I guess the parent poster was trying to find out in exactly which way 
his world was imperfect... and not necessarily trying to criticize the 
world for being imperfect.

Martin

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