[XviD-devel] Several XVID questions
pross@xvid.org
pross at xvid.org
Tue Mar 11 09:28:43 CET 2008
On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:07:48PM -0700, Brad O'Hearne wrote:
> I'm still reading source code, and I wanted to ask several questions
> about the codec:
> 1. Does XVID have the ability to decode the audio stream within the
> file (i.e. not just video).
No, its just a video encoder/decoder.
> 2. Does XVID allow random access -- sorry, I don't know any other way
> to say it -- ultimately what I'm looking for is the ability to do
> rewind / fast forward functions in a player.
Xvid is a video codec. Containainer-format (file-level) operations,
such as seeking, are outside the scope of the xvid project.
> 3. Does XVID have any facilities for working with different display
> resolutions of video -- what I am looking to do with be able to adjust
> rendering size.
Please reframe the question. If yout mean to ask, do xvid support scalable
video resolutions, then the answer is no.
> Forgive my newbie knowledge of Xvid -- the building blocks seems to be
> pretty slow going, given not much more than source code. :-)
No drama. Questions are welcome.
-- pete
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