[x264-devel] [PATCH] Add an option for forcing POC type 0

[Martin Storsjö]

On Sat, 21 Sep 2013, Martin Storsjö wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Sep 2013, Martin Storsjo wrote:
>
>> Some Android phones have problems switching from one video variant
>> to another in HLS (http live streaming) streams, unless the stream
>> uses POC type 0. (On some devices, the symptom is that the video
>> freezes permanently, others freeze for one segment duration and
>> manage to reinitialize after that.)
>
> Actually, the issues on some devices turned out to be unrelated to POC type 
> 0. The only ones that have this particular issue are Samsung ones.
>
> A more proper commit message thus is:
>
> ---
> Add an option for forcing POC type 0
>
> Samsung Android phones (at least running Android 4.1) have problems
> switching from one video variant to another in HLS (http live
> streaming) streams (with the symptom that the video simply freezes),
> unless the stream uses POC type 0.
> ---

Any opinion on adding an option like this?

// Martin