On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 01:08:56PM +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer:
> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 03:48:33PM +0200, Andreas Rheinhardt wrote:
> >> The earlier code had two problems:
> >> 1. For reference frames that are not directly output (happens unless
> >> low_delay is set), the mb skip values referred to the next reference
> >> frame to be decoded.
> >> 2. For non-reference frames, every macroblock was always considered
> >> skipped.
> >> This makes the output (worse than) useless; that no one ever
> >> complained about this shows that this feature is not really used.
> >> It is therefore removed.
> > 
> > I used it for statistical purposes long ago, seeing how much blocks where
> > skiped and for that a +-1 frame difference is inconsequantal. Also
> > i understood that B frame are handled differently, its an internal
> > bitstream related number after all
> 
> Does "long ago" mean that you agree that it is unused and can be removed?

It simply means that it was usefull and a number similar could be usefull
again. I dont care much about it, judging from the past i might use this once
in 10 years, if its available. If its not available its not.

thx

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

Its not that you shouldnt use gotos but rather that you should write
readable code and code with gotos often but not always is less readable

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