[MPlayer-users] problems/questions with lavc

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Friday 01 November 2002 21:37, Dominik Szczerba wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> >>I was only asking to make sure that in couple of months/years/decades
> >>(;)), with a new version of whatever, I will still be able to watch my
> >>multiple-8-based lavc avi's...
> >
> >multiple of 2 is enough for "correctness" but there is a loss of quality
> > if the width or height isnt a mutiple of 16 (8 is still better than 4
> > though)
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >Michael
>
> Would you please refer me to some official reading/specs on that?
certainly, see ISO 14496-2 (= the mpeg4 visual standart) there is no limit on 
the size, so any decoder which cant handle a video with a multiple of 2 size 
is not a compliant mpeg4 decoder

> thanks
no problem

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Michael