[NUT-devel] flags, which bit means fixed fps?

[Oded Shimon]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 09:06:38PM +0100, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   there is a minor issue with the spec and
> current (partial) nut implementations.
> 
>   The spec says:
>     ...
>     decode_delay                        v
>     fixed_fps                           u(1)
>     reserved                            u(7)
>     codec_specific_data                 vb
>     ...
> 
>   which would mean in the byte of u(1) and u(7)
> the most significant bit indicates a fixed
> fps stream. Implementations (ffmpeg muxer and
> Oded's libnut) do say/set the least significant bit
> is the fixed fps one.
> 
>   It doesn't matter which of the bits we actually
> use, but we need to make it consistent with the
> spec.
> 
>   So should we just adjust the spec and swap the
> two entries?

Is there any real reason why we have this flag? Does it tell anything to 
the player?.. Just wondering..

- ods15