[MPlayer-dev-eng] mencoder, VP8 and altref frames

[Tobias Diedrich]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:03:14PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 10:33:37PM +0200, Tobias Diedrich wrote:
> > > Opinions?
> > 
> > Yes, ignore VP8 altref. They were repeatedly told that it's current
> > implementation is crap, causes compatibility issues all over the place
> > and couldn't name a good reason to stick with it but still decided to
> > keep it that way.
> > I am very much inclined to oppose supporting it on principle.
> 
> Note that this leads to the secondary option: write a bitstream
> filter that merges altrefs with following frames and make that
> the only officially supported VP8 bitstream format in FFmpeg,
> thus fixing it's compatibility issues without needing the ok
> of the people who _should_ be interested in their format actually
> working in the real world (but obviously aren't really).

I was considering something like that too, because I agree that it
is a bit ugly to have the altref frames 'standalone' in a muxer buffer.
I'll look into solving it that way, thanks.

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