Re: [xine-devel] xine can't play H.264 with huge frameref value

[Thibaut M. <thi...@gm...>]

Hi,

On 12/2/06, Miguel Freitas <mfr...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On 11/13/06, Richard S. <tee...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi, xine can't play H.264 video with huge frameref (ref=12).
> > A sample file can be found here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=B596B9FT
>
> yes, this is a known bug.

yes.....

> being a known bug doesn't mean we are happy with it and we will keep
> it unfixed. it is a high priority bug, but the fix is not clear.
> currently we allocate frames directly from video out driver (like XV)
> and, for most system, asking for more frames than we already do would
> break things. so we need to do something different...

we need better a frame allocator, iirc the difficulty is to detect
when to allocate a new "indirect "frame.

> we will continue this discussion, i just wanted to give you a quick
> acknowledge while i go through my inbox.
>
> Miguel

Thibaut