[MPlayer-dev-eng] Nut and Matroska comparison :)))

Tristan Seligmann mithrandi-mplayer-dev-eng at mithrandi.za.net
Mon May 3 21:24:24 CEST 2004


On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:28:12 -0400, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> Time units: Matroska defines a single time unit for the whole file,
> while NUT has separate time bases for each stream. This allows NUT to
> use very efficient storage for timestamps, and to store additional
> logical information. For example if you have a timebase of 25/1, the
> player knows the frames are timed as PAL video, and timestamps
> correspond exactly to frame numbers. This information, which could be
> useful when editing a video or retiming it for NTSC telecine, simply
> isn't there in Matroska, so you have to guess.

I guess I'm not familiar enough with the technology / terminology here
to figure it out myself, so I'll just ask:

Can NUT handle variable framerate video?

-- 
mithrandi, i Ainil en-Balandor, a faer Ambar
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