[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] mpeg4videodec: silence "Invalid and inefficient vfw-avi packed B frames detected" warning

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 08:07:08PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le duodi 12 fructidor, an CCXXI, Reimar Döffinger a écrit :
> > I just tested with avidemux. It asks "Packed Bitstream detected. Do you
> > want me to unpack it?". If you answer yes and just save the file you get
> > a fixed one.
> > Tested with
> > http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/MPEG4/pegasus-1958-chiptune.avi
> > I am quite certain virtualdub has the same feature, and in a similarly
> > easy to use way.
> 
> Do you think it would be relevant to have a bitstream filter to do the job
> inside ffmpeg? I do not propose to do it myself, but opening a trac ticket
> to keep it on the TODO list would be a good idea.

That was suggested by Michael last time:
http://ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2008-November/054385.html