[FFmpeg-trac] #9231(avcodec:new): B-frames parameter is ignored in videotoolboxenc

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Mon May 10 00:49:25 EEST 2021


#9231: B-frames parameter is ignored in videotoolboxenc
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             Reporter:  _08          |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new          |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  avcodec      |                  Version:  git-
             Keywords:               |  master
  videotoolbox                       |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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 When using videotoolbox encoder will use B-frames even if -bf is set to
 zero.
 How to reproduce:
 {{{
 % ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c:v hevc_videotoolbox -bf 0 -g 60 output.mkv
 (-g may be necessary because it used to do intra-only encodes by default
 on Intel, though it seems to be fixed in macOS 11.3)
 % ffprobe -show_frames output.mkv
 ffprobe reports existence of B-frames (pict_type=B)
 }}}

 The bug was apparently introduced in commit
 efece4442f3f583f7d04f98ef5168dfd08eaca5c. avctx->max_b_frames is
 unconditionally set to 16 in vtenc_configure_encoder, user-set value is
 ignored. The only way to disable B-frames is using baseline profile in
 h264_videotoolbox.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/9231>
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