[MPlayer-users] Is the b-frame delay still needed with mkv?

[Alexander Shaduri]

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:48:11 +0400
Alexander Shaduri <ashaduri at gmail.com> wrote:

> From what I've gathered, when encoding with x264 and writing
> to avi file there's video delay of one frame if using b-frames and
> 3 frames if using b_pyramid.

Sorry, I meant 2 frames if using b_pyramid.

> Mencoder seems to compensate that by delaying the audio
> at avi container level.
> Now I usually convert my avi files to mkv (for chapter support, etc...).
> However, it looks like mkvmerge ignores the container-level
> delay settings. My question is, are they still needed?
> That is, in mencoder -> avi with b-frames -> mkv process,
> are the b-frame delays still there in mkv files, and should they
> be compensated as well?

So, anyone?

I don't think that's a very hard question, considering the MPlayer
documentation is all for converting to mkv and stuff...

Thanks,
Alexander