[Libav-user] how to create seekable mkv using libavformat?

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Jan Pohanka <xhpohanka at ...> writes:

> if (enc_buf->flags & BUF_IFRAME)
>      pkt.flags |= AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY;
> 
> I was setting BUF_IFRAME flag sometimes also for P frames. After fixing it  
> just to IDR frames everything is ok. I expect that AV_PKT_FLAG_KEY should  
> be set only for IDR frames and not for I frames in h264, is that true?

If your stream contains non-I-frames that use reference frames 
before the last I-frame and you set the flag as explained 
above, you should see artefacts on decoding after seeking.

Carl Eugen