[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH/RFC] H.264 FMO+ASO decoding

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

> I say intermediate version here because I see no point in having such
> a decoder. I think no-one would disagree that FMO has not much practical
> relevance. Implementing FMO fully would therefore rather be an exercise
> in spec conformance

I know of actual devices that can only generate slices when using FMO.
 They do not support non-FMO slices.

> A) "ffmpeg can decode most H.264 baseline streams in practice"
> B) "ffmpeg has a conformant H.264 baseline decoder"
>
> we could move from A to B. But if we had FMO decoding correctly
> for disable_deblock_idc == 2 only, we would still stand at A and IMHO
> the exercise would be even more pointless and masochistic than it
> probably already is.

I agree.

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