[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: new nut thread

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 05:44:07PM +0200, Moritz Bunkus wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> > from what i've seen, all mkv files use the V_MS crap rather than using
> > new standard codec ids. this is exactly what i want to avoid if
> > possible...
> 
> For video yes (for MPEG4, not for RealVideo) because the bitstreams are
> still packed (the whole B frame mess...). Once we implement (both in the
> muxing apps and all the relevant demuxers) proper B frame handling and
> proper MPEG4 storage (similar to MP4) V_MS/* won't be used for that
> anymore.

my understanding is that this packing is explicitly illegal in nut.

rich