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@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ keyframe
keyframe status of the current frame but instead just set the frame as
non keyframe
(FIXME maybe move somewhere else?)
+pts
+ presentation time of the first frame/sample that is completed by decoding
+ the coded frame.
+dts
+ of a frame is the time when it is input into the decoder
Syntax:
@@ -542,10 +547,13 @@ msb_pts_shift
MUST be <16
decode_delay
- maximum time between input and output for a codec, used to generate
- dts from pts
- is set to 0 for streams without B-frames, and set to 1 for streams with
- B-frames, may be larger for future codecs
+ size of the reordering buffer used to convert pts to dts
+ codecs which dont support b frames normaly use 0
+ mpeg1/mpeg2 style codecs with b frames use 1
+ h264 style b pyramid uses 2
+ h264 and future codecs might need values >2
+ audio codecs generally use 0 (we arent aware of any which doesnt
+ but its theoretically possible that one exists which needs it >0)
decode_delay MUST NOT be set higher than necessary for a codec.
stream_flags