[MEncoder-users] b-frames, a/v-sync

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 2/21/06, Gábor Farkas <gabor at nekomancer.net> wrote:
> Guillaume POIRIER wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 2/21/06, gabor <gabor at nekomancer.net> wrote:
> >> hi,
> >>
> >> after reading the mplayer-dev/users lists for some time i'm a little
> >> confused on this.
> >>
> >> does encoding using b-frames (with "normal" mpeg4, or h264) work or does
> >> not work correctly?
> >>
> >> is there an audio/video desync?
> >>
> >> because from the mailing lists it seems that there are problems,
> >>
> >> on the other hands, documentation like:
> >> http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/menc-feat-x264.html
> >> does not mention any possible problems.
> >>
> >> so, what's the status? :)
> >
> > Corey's patches fix all the issues that I have experienced with MEncoder.
> > Muxing with lavf with bframes isn't supposed to be fixed though.
>
> so, what is fixed (with Corey's patches) and what is not :)

All the bugs I've encountered have been fixed. All the other A/V sync
issues ppl had are IMHO miss-use of MEncoder, exotic source or bad
luck.


> > As a side note: experimental patches are to be tested: so you are more
> > than welcome to join the testing crew force. :)
> >
> > We could use of some help :)
> >
>
> thanks for the info.
>
> unfortunately i do not have much time currently for testing (i was not
> planning to do any encoding, i was just curious)

Believe me, none of the regular testers or contributors have much time
too. It's just a matter of where to put your priorities. Yours are
elsewhere, which is fine with me.

Guillaume
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