[FFmpeg-devel] [BUG] h264 picture reordering fails

[Loren Merritt]

On Sat, 30 May 2009, Haruhiko Yamagata wrote:
>> On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 07:34:32PM +0900, Haruhiko Yamagata wrote:
>
>> about POCs, IIRC the spec requires POC=0 to be true and only true for
>> IDR pictures, but i might misremember (would have to check the spec)
>> What i do know is that the POC or frame number == 0 rules in the spec
>> are not followed by some encoders.
>
> Yes, I think POC=0 means IDR. In that case, negative values as POC are
> not allowed.

That doesn't follow. POC<0 would mean "display this frame before the 
corresponding IDR". I have found nothing in the spec which would disallow 
such reordering.

--Loren Merritt