[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavf/segment: add reset_timestamps option

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Sunday 2012-12-09 12:22:43 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> On date Thursday 2012-11-29 13:46:53 +0100, Stefano Sabatini encoded:
> > The new options reset the timestamps at each new segment, so that the
> > generated segments will have timestamps starting from 0.
> > 
> > It is meant to address trac ticket #1425.
> > ---
> >  doc/muxers.texi       |    7 +++++++
> >  libavformat/segment.c |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Simplified and updated, this should avoid potential desynching
> problems, since there is only a single time for each stream, which is
> used to recompute timestamps for each stream.
> 
> A note about the interface: right now we have the boolean options:
> individual_header_trailer
> write_header_trailer
> reset_timestamps
> 
> Would it make sense to set the flag in a segment_flags option,
> something like:
> 
> -segment_flags +reset_timestamps+individual_header_trailer+write_header_trailer
> 
> rather than:
> -reset_timestamps 1 -individual_header_trailer 1 -write_header_trailer 1
> 
> The former has also the advantage that it avoids potential conflicts
> if an option with the same name is added to the global format context.
> 
> Also I bet we could find better names for:
> individual_header_trailer
> write_header_trailer
> 
> for example:
> wrap_individual
> wrap_global
> 
> I'll push it in a few days if I receive no replies.
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Pushed.
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