[x264-devel] Packet loss recovery in x264

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:35 PM, Karthick Kumar <karthik1990r at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>          What is the difference between calling x264_encoder_intra_refresh
> and using b_intra_refresh?

The former lets you trigger an intra refresh at a specific time, while
the latter simply enables intra refresh in general.

Reference invalidation and intra refresh are two very different
methods of dealing with lost packets.  The former is generally better
if it fits your use-case.

Jason