[FFmpeg-devel] [BUG] visual artifacts when playing FLV/H263

[mkhodor6 at yahoo.com]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 11:36:52AM +0200, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >> BTW, same artifacts seen with mplayer, the Linux Flash Plugin plays the video 
> >> correctly:
> >> 
> >> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2uuh0_wallstrip-blue-nile-inc-nile_fun
> > 
> > its of no relevance what any tool does with a different file
> > the question is can anything play the file you uploaded? 
> 
> Well, its' not a different file, in the end the same .FLV file will be
> downloaded and played by the Flash Plugin, but as the Flash Plugin does not
> allow to directly open a .FLV file, you have to go through the website and the
> .SWF around it to play it...

I went to that URL and watched the swf with the official Flash Plugin.
It downloads the video from a dynamically-generated URL.  The file
that it downloaded contained VP6 video, which is definitely not the
same as what you uploaded.  This VP6 video plays correctly in MPlayer.