[x264-devel] any pointers on how to insert a 'real' IDR frame in a periodic intra-refresh stream ?

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:55 PM, Badri Gopalan
<badri_p_gopalan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I'd like to insert a real IDR frame at some points in a periodic
> intra-refresh stream (to provoke flashplayer
> to start playing it - it does not start playing until it receives a full IDR
> frame). Everything a user joins a stream, I intend to try to use this
> mechanism to generate a full IDR frame, and none after that (until another
> user joins).
>
> While I have done this successfully in a non intra-refresh stream, I have
> not yet seen how to do this if the stream is an intra-refresh stream.

Is there any reason you can't simply force the frame type?
(x264_picture_t.i_type)

Jason