[XviD-devel] Question about VfW, frame order and Linux

[ChristianHJW]

Hi,

stupid question of the day, sorry about that, but none of the people i 
did ask could answer, and GomGom wasnt active on IRC :

When using B-frames, as Linux tools like mencoder etc. are not limited 
by the VfW interface ( Vdub is ), in what frame order are they writing 
their AVIs ?

Do they insert dummy frames as placeholders as well, and are writing the 
first b-frame into the same data chunk with the I/P frame ? Or are they 
simply writing the frames in coding order, putting one frame into one 
data chunk, as always ?

Reason i'm asking is, how will the XviD DShow filter ( and FFDshow ) 
behave if they'd meet an XviD stream including b-frames, but all frames 
were simply rendered in coding order ( no dummy frames ) ?

Thanks for clarifying

Christian