[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] convergence duration and subtitles

[Aurelien Jacobs]

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 08:49:35AM +0200, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> Hello,
> when playing http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/sub/fribidi/fribidi_arabic_hebrew_subs.mkv
> convergence_duration will be set and valid (and needed to play subs without
> an ASS renderer) even for packets that do not have PKT_FLAG_KEY set.
> My question is: is the mkv demuxer setting that flag incorrectly,
> should we change the documentation as below, or should we change
> it to something else entirely?

IIRC, the mkv demuxer just misuse convergence_duration. It shouldn't set
it at all.
I have a plan to fix this entirely but I will need some more time.

Aurel