Michael Niedermayer:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 01:08:56PM +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
>> Michael Niedermayer:
>>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 03:48:33PM +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
>>>> The earlier code had two problems:
>>>> 1. For reference frames that are not directly output (happens unless
>>>> low_delay is set), the mb skip values referred to the next reference
>>>> frame to be decoded.
>>>> 2. For non-reference frames, every macroblock was always considered
>>>> skipped.
>>>> This makes the output (worse than) useless; that no one ever
>>>> complained about this shows that this feature is not really used.
>>>> It is therefore removed.
>>>
>>> I used it for statistical purposes long ago, seeing how much blocks where
>>> skiped and for that a +-1 frame difference is inconsequantal. Also
>>> i understood that B frame are handled differently, its an internal
>>> bitstream related number after all
>>
>> Does "long ago" mean that you agree that it is unused and can be removed?
> 
> It simply means that it was usefull and a number similar could be usefull
> again. I dont care much about it, judging from the past i might use this once
> in 10 years, if its available. If its not available its not.
> 

Ok, then I'll apply this patchset tomorrow (unless there are any
objections by anyone or unless you (or anyone) wants more time to look
at it).

- Andreas

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