[XviD-devel] "Automatic" settings

[Christoph Lampert]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, peter ross wrote:

> hi
> 
> >Why shouldn't it?
> 
> the bitstream parser described in the mpeg-4 specs, permits one
> vol per video-object.

So we would need several video-objects, too. One AVI files contains
several VO which are played in a row. Doesn't sound too dirty to me.

gruel 



> >It would be stupid to repeat full VOL header including configuration data
> >like QPel etc, if the data cannot be changed. It cannot be changed between
> >one VOP and the next, so the VOP header doesn't contain the data. But VOL
> >does...
> >
> >I would bet the reference decoders support it, right?
> 
> i know msfdam doesnt crash when it reads multiple vols, but i have
> not tested it using a 'wierd' bitstream. for example, a stream that
> contains vols with interlacing enabled and disabled.
> 
> this really is a question for the mpeg-4/h263 authors.

I just asked them at MPEG-4 technotes.

gruel