[MPlayer-users] frame stepping

[Charles Henrich]

> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > For single frame tracking, couldnt a memory-hog version do something like
> > keep a buffer of all the frames in memory between two intra frames.  Then
> > just step through them?  Cross a I-Frame boundry, you recompute the next
> > block of frames?
> 
> this is the only way, besides decoding the whole seq at each step.  but for
> an average divx it means 250 frames, too much memory...

Depends on the machine :)  could be a switch -hordememory.  512MB/1GB machines
are becoming more and more common these days, what with memory costing $50 for
256MB.  

-Crh

       Charles Henrich         Eon Entertainment         henrich at msu.edu

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