[mpeg2] Re: [mpeg2]How to reduce MPEG-2 coding delay

[Frank Rosengart]

Rob Morris wrote:

> I'm not sure what 'significantly longer' than 1 frame means, but the nature
> of MPEG-2 requires a few frame latency. 

You got it. It's not the best idea to choose MPEG-2 codecs for real time 
applications. Maybe M-JPEG is the right choice if quality has the 
highest priority.

Some more latency appears on the decoding side. The decoder has to wait 
for the prediction before it can start decoding.


#frank