[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Exporting virtual timelines as stream side data

[Dave Rice]

> On Mar 27, 2018, at 4:01 PM, Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 3/27/2018 8:52 PM, Rostislav Pehlivanov wrote:
>> I think we should drop the internal crap if the tools and the API support
>> it. Would also solve a lot of issues like ffmpeg.c not trimming the start
>> frame (so people complain all the time about longer files).
> 
> I personally agree, but I thought I'd be diplomatic about it, since it would
> technically be losing a 'feature', since it would no longer Just Work(ish)
> and require user applications to apply timelines themselves - and I figured
> some would argue that point.

+1 I’m willing to contribute what information or samples would be needed to help with Matroska support with virtual timelines. IMO, this would be a valuable feature to have in ffmpeg.
Dave Rice