On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Isn't this necessary for some codecs / at least for H264? Wouldn't > the API do exactly the same? > Sure, if you end up seeking to a non-keyframe, it should not decode garbage frames. The point here is that we would want to actually end up on a proper keyframe. > > > But the idea is to ensure that you can decode as of time X, > > which means you need to seek to the last keyframe *before* > > time X, which is something that is not supported currently. > > I see. > (But am I wrong to assume that this is not generally possible, > assuming large GOPs?) > > Even a large GOP has a start somewhere. Granted seeking might take a bit longer because reading data backwards to find the keyframe is not as ideal as going forward, but it should be possible.
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