[x264-devel] flushing x264 - allowed in the middle of encoding?

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Philipp B <philippb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> My question might sound a bit strange, but here it is:
>
> Id like to flush the decoders delayed frames in the middle of my encoded
> movie.
> The movie is encoded with forced keyframes at particular positions. For some
> reason, I'd like to flush
> the delayed frames before these forced keyframes are encoded.
>
> I know how to flush x264 with NULL packets, however, I'm not sure if i can
> still use the encoder for real
> frames afterwards. And, even more important: If this is supported, I'm still
> concerned that x264 behaviour
> will change in this situation, as this is really a strange use case.
>
> So, I'd like to know, if x264 supports being flushed in the middle of
> encoding, and if this behaviour is expected
> to be changed some day.

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing this won't work.  What exactly is
the use-case?

Jason