[x264-devel] Re: VUI timing info issue

[Måns Rullgård]

Måns Rullgård <mru at inprovide.com> writes:

> shauli.rozen at gmail.com said:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I think there might be a problem in the settingd of the VUI.
>
> My head starts hurting badly whenever I read that section in the spec.  The
> issue was raised on the jvt-experts lists some time ago, and an explanation
> was given.  See http://www.via.ecp.fr/via/ml/x264-devel/2005-09/msg00016.html
> for a copy of the thread that I posted here.
>
> In light of this, I think you are right.  We are setting the value
> incorrectly.  The problem is that some other encoders and decoders
> are making the same mistake.

I've corrected the way x264 writes this info.  There's no reason to
knowingly write incorrect data.  Hopefully it won't cause too much of
an inconvenience.

I've also committed the corresponding fix to libavcodec with a
workaround for streams encoded by old x264 versions.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru at inprovide.com

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