[MPlayer-users] Re: encoding from stdin

[justin case]

> Be warned, however, that mencoder requires seeking to properly decode some
> formats, so encoding from a pipe doesn't always work.

seeking will definitely be needed for encoding with b-frames
(http://mornmist.2y.net/~blibbler/tutorial/other/framet.html), wich you can
find in many mpeg4 as well as in mpeg2 formats. if you make sure to turn
these off, you should be ok.

i wouldn't know of any other reasons for needed seeking, but there might be
some..

regards,
/jc