[x264-devel] Re: Change reference frame

[Jirka Klaue]

>> - x264 is used for live encoding from a camera and RTP sending
>> - when the sender needs to drop a frame for some reason, I want
>>  to tell the encoder not to use the dropped frame as a reference
>>  for following frames (encoding an I-frame is not an option due
>>  to bit-rate constraints)
>>
>> Is it possible to tell x264 to use the previous (not dropped) frame
>> as reference for further frames?
>
> x264 does not currently have such a feature.

Well, could you point me to the right place in the code?

> Are you unable to drop the frame before encoding it?

This is the second best option. It depends on the queue length and it  
can
happen that the transmitter is not at the same place as the encoder.  
Thus,
one or two frames might be encoded based on a lost frame.

regards,
   Jirka


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