h264parse bug?: Files unplayable in flash because P Slices before I Slice

[Tim-Philipp Müller]

On Fri, 2011-10-07 at 01:42 -0700, Mike Mitchell wrote:
> Turns out leading P frames were not the only problem with my stream.
>  But I would still like an architect's opinion, shouldn't h264parse
> ensure the stream  is spec compliant?  I've read the source and see
> there is some logic to detect the I frame, but it does not appear to
> trash the P frames until  the I frames start like I would expect. 

Yes, I believe there are one or two open bugs about that as well.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659489

and

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=646327

look related.

Cheers
 -Tim