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

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sunday 10 October 2004 22:42, D Richard Felker III wrote:
> 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.

IMHO no, but dont tell anyone ;), i really dont want to see "packed" mpeg4 in 
nut

btw, its also quite annoying that its called packed, that sounds like it would 
need fewer bits at the same quality

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Michael

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