Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 20966:dc1a02e98cb6
clarify syncpoint placement recommanditions
(note i would also like to add a "there MUST be 1 syncpoint per second" rule)
| author | michael |
|---|---|
| date | Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:32:45 +0000 |
| parents | a8651041ba2b |
| children | 460da4c85cb4 |
| files | DOCS/tech/nut.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/tech/nut.txt Fri Nov 17 12:44:10 2006 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/nut.txt Fri Nov 17 13:32:45 2006 +0000 @@ -920,9 +920,19 @@ Note, more complicated seeking methods exist which are capable of quickly seeking to the optimal point in the presence of an index even if only a -subset of all streams are active but a muxer SHOULD place syncpoints, -and keyframes if it can affect the placement of keyframes so that simple -low complexity seeking works with fine granularity +subset of all streams is active + +A muxer SHOULD place syncpoints so that that simple low complexity seeking +works with fine granularity, that is syncpoints should be placed prior +to keyframes instead of non keyframes and with high enough frequency +(once per second unless there are no keyframes between this and the previous +syncpoint) + +encoders SHOULD place keyframes so that the number of points where all +streams have a keyframe at the same time is maximized, this ensures that +seeking (complicated or not) does not need to demux and decode significant +amounts of data to reach a point where a presentable frame for each stream +is available after seeking Semantic requirements: