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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by NavinF on Saturday August 17, 2024 @08:22PM (#41279159)
> video with only a single key frame at the beginning

I've literally never seen a video like that in my life, but I'd still expect it to work. Just decode everything starting from frame 1. My desktop can decode H265 at 1,666 fps. I can wait.

https://docs.nvidia.com/video-technologies/video-codec-sdk/1...

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by Panzer04 on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:30PM (#41279690)
That blows up pretty quickly though? Even a 10 minute video will take in the worst case ~20 seconds to decode at that rate.

Not really an excuse not to have it (since most video wont be encoded in such an insane way), but the developers owe no obligation to users to implement it.

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Re:mpv a free, open-source, and cross-platform media player by Hendrikto on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:04AM (#41281124)
Theoretically. Practically, 10+ minute videos with just a single i frame at the beginning do not exist.
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