[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Seeking: to PTS or to DTS?

Michael Niedermayer michaelni
Sat Mar 7 04:46:27 CET 2009


On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:45:41PM +0100, Ivan Schreter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I asked it already twice in other threads, but I don't seem to get a 
> response.
> 
> How should (current) av_seek_frame() interpret the timestamp? As PTS 
> (wherever available) or as DTS? It is important for my seeking patches.
> 
> Also, how should the future seeking API interpret the timestamp?
> 

> I personally feel PTS is the right one.

yes it should prefer PTS but some existing code might not follow this

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