[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Add an ignore_delay option to the gif demuxer

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 05:47:52PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> On Friday 27 March 2015 02:45:22 pm Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 08:07:23AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > > Michael Niedermayer <michaelni <at> gmx.at> writes:
> > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:21:00AM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > > > > Michael Niedermayer <michaelni <at> gmx.at> writes:
> > > > > > iam not sure the default of 6 seconds is safe
> > > > >
> > > > > What would be a sensible default max_delay?
> > > >
> > > > for this file simply considering 0xFFFF as 0 would work
> > > > and would so i think only replacing that would be the
> > > > least change needed
> > >
> > > I did not find any specification that suggests to do this
> > > (but many pages were 0xFFFF is explicitely mentioned as
> > > allowing for maximum delay).
> >
> > one could add a option like max_delay which is then used in place
> > of 0xFFFF, conforming to the spec if taken litterally
> 
> I attached a new version of the patch that does not change the 
> current behaviour but gives users a chance to play long gifs in 
> real-time.
> 
> > The only reason i can imagine a file would be using the "max delay"
> > would be to wait for user input before displaying the next frame
> > i thought thats not the reason for this file though but i might be
> > wrong
> 
> Imo, the main reason to use "max delay" is if the creator wants a 
> frame to be shown for more than ten minutes.

was this the intent of the creator of the sample file we have ?
i mean that the frames display more then 10 minutes 

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