[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add libavformat option to ignore non monotime dts timestamps

[Mike Scheutzow]

Sam Creasey wrote:
> This patch adds an option which disables an error check for dts
> ordering in compute_pkt_fields2().  This was needed to store the RTP
> stream from a particular model camera usefully (using the existing
> igndts flag resulted in rather jumpy playback of the final stream).
> Should have no effect if the new option is not specified.

I am wondering if this is a reasonable way to solve the problem. It 
seems like this feature could lead to the creation of an even more 
badly-formed output file.

Please give us more info:

1. what is the format of the RTP payload? Is it a well-known container type?

2. what container type are you writing the output to?

3. is the failing timestamp equal to the preceeding one, or is the 
pkt->dts value actually smaller?

4. do you know if the container already has these "bad" DTS timestamps, 
or are they being created by FFmpeg itself?


Mike Scheutzow