[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] mpegvideo_enc: add option to disable intra mbs in p frames

[Ramiro Polla]

On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 2:32 AM, Michael Niedermayer
<michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2018 at 05:09:13PM +0200, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 11:01 PM, Michael Niedermayer
>> <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:
>> > On Wed, May 09, 2018 at 08:44:25PM +0200, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> >> This option prevents the mpv encoders from using intra macroblocks in
>> >> predictive frames.
>> >>
>> >> It is useful for glitch artists to generate input material. This option
>> >> allows them to split and merge two video files while maintaining fluid
>> >> motion from the second video without having intra macroblocks restoring
>> >> chunks of the first video.
>> >
>> > maybe a continuous variable like snows intra_penalty could achieve this
>> > too but give more flexibility in doing it also just partially if wanted
>>
>> I like this idea better. I wanted a simple way to be able to entirely
>> disable intra macroblocks, but "-intra_penalty max" could cause an
>> overflow, so I set the max value to INT_MAX/2.
>>
>> New patch attached.
>
> LGTM
>
> a fate test may also make sense

I sent a new patch set that includes a fate test.