> Le 9 déc. 2014 à 11:00, Vadim Fedorov <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Not really, because your 100th frame depends on the 99th frame (or maybe on 
> 98th), but not directly on the 1st one. However, indirectly it is still 
> depends on the key frame, because 99th depends on 98th and so on. This means 
> that to get your 100th frame you should start from the key frame and decode 
> all 98 frames in between.
> 
> Best regards,
> Vadim 
> 
> 2014-12-09 10:30 GMT+01:00 YIRAN LI <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>>> Le 9 déc. 2014 à 08:12, YIRAN LI <[email protected]> a écrit :
>>>> 
>>>> Hi, 
>>>> 
>>>> I have a question about read frame,
>>>> 
>>>> Suppose I've just opened a file, so the readpointer is at the beginning of 
>>>> the file.
>>>> 
>>>> Compare these two methods:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. call av_read_frame + avcode_decode_video2 to decode 100 video packets( 
>>>> suppose each packet can decode into a frame)
>>>> 2. call av_read_frame, but only decode the 100th packet (all previous 99 
>>>> packets are just discarded)
>>>> 
>>>> Will the 100th frame from method 1 and the frame from method 2 have same 
>>>> content, timestamp, etc?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Decoding the 100th packet alone can be equivalent in both situations only 
>>> if this packet is a keyframe. If not, FFmpeg will need all the packets up 
>>> to the first preceding key frame in order to be able to give you a frame 
>>> with correct content. I'm unsure whether other metadata like timestamp 
>>> depend on the method (although I don't think so).
>> 
>> ​Thanks Lucas,
>> 
>> Let's assume both 2 methods start reading from a key packet. and the next 
>> key is in the 200th packet.
>> 
>> So you mean continuously decoding to 100th frame has same result as skip 99 
>> and decode 100th alone?

Not sure I got the situation. As soon as you start skipping packets, you are 
not guaranteed to have correct content until you reach the next key frame. 

>> 
>> ​
>>> Lucas
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