[MEncoder-users] h264 muxed into avi

[Loren Merritt]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007, john terragon wrote:
>> john terragon wrote:
>>>
>>> I read somewhere that some features of h264 are not
>>> supported by the avi container (for example b-frames)
>>> and that using mencoder to create avi with a h264
>>> video track would make those videos readable only with
>>> mplayer. I am not sure I understand what this means:
>>>
>>> -Does it mean that the unsupported features of the h264
>>>  track (like the b-frames) are still there but can only
>>>  be correctly interpreted by mplayer
>>
>> probably not even by mplayer
>
> Really? Mmmh, I usually go with these settings
>
> bframes=4:subq=7:frameref=5:partitions=all:direct_pred=auto:
> trellis=1:b_pyramid:weight_b:8x8dct:me=umh:keyint=300:turbo
>
> and until now mplayer has never had problems playing
> the resulting avi videos.

You just didn't notice the 1 or 2 frames worth of A-V desync.

--Loren Merritt