[MPlayer-users] [PATCH] mencoder pts, filmdint vfr, timecodedumping

[Andrew Mahone]

On 10/26/06, Nico Sabbi <nicola_sabbi at fastwebnet.it> wrote:
> mplayer is quite lacking in this respect, too;
> one possible solution could be extending the config section
> of the filters adding a couple of items to ask mplayer
> the content of the log file and a description of the format.
> Hopefully mplayer's parser can be used to
> parse the rows and pass the values to the requesting filter

I would imagine the filter would specify the format, as we are
speaking of filter-specific data being logged. Opening the logfile in
the filter is the easiest way to do this, but if file access is
strictly forbidden, even for multi-pass filtering, letting the filter
use config to request access to a log file managed by mplayer might be
a way to get the job done.

> dunno, it's not really my resort :) sorry

I'll look into this a bit further. The only filters I can see that
implement VFCTRL_FLUSH_FRAMES are encoders, but I'll experiment with a
test filter to see how mplayer and mencoder react to a filter holding
frames, and whether filters are ever asked to flush. It may also be
that filmdint could be made a good deal better simply by buffering its
*decision* data from the last few frames, rather than holding onto
frame themselves.
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Andrew Mahone
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