[XviD-devel] Several XVID questions

[Bill Mccormick]

But on #3, the frame format is contained within the mpeg-4 I-frames.
So Xvid (and the direct show wrapper) should be able to handle on the
fly change in format in the middle of the video stream...    I haven't
quite tried this yet, but the code is in place...

Bill

On 3/11/08, pross at xvid.org <pross at xvid.org> wrote:
> 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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Bill McCormick