[Ffmpeg-devel] PAFF, revisited

[Guillaume Poirier]

Hi,

Mate SOOS wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> This is my first posting here. I am writing because I, and some others
> too, need the PAFF inside the H.264 - the reason is simple: we would
> like to watch TV. I don't think that waiting util the codec is threaded
> is important, since IPTV does not need a good CPU to decode  - if PAFF
> is not used on the stream, my CPU usage is like 30% and I use an ancient
> Centrino 1.4Ghz (back then, people were not even dreaming of dual-core).
> 
> I am in France, using France Telecom's Livebox, but, this is not
> isolated. BBC HD is broadcast with PAFF. German companies 
> (http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/2006-September/004081.html)
> seem to be using it too. So, please, if it is not a huge effort, try to
> develop it into the codec. I actually had a look at the code, but it's
> just too complex, no luck :(. Maybe somebody could give me a lead on it?
> It's kind of a shame that I can't watch my TV :(

If you die for this, and since no one who can do the job is willing to
do it, just place a big bounty on it.
Maybe it will motivate someone to do it.

Guillaume