Libavcodec regressions

Open issues

Xvid Matrix

XVid "Bulletproof's Heavy Compression Matrix" fails in libav, works in FFmpeg.

See https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7411 and sample here https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/raw-attachment/ticket/7411/sample.avi

FFv1 v1.3 support

See https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9606

The sample here related https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/8691#no4 is now fixed jb (talk) 16:30, 28 December 2013 (CET)

Lagarith YV12 direct-rendering

YV12 broken in libav when using direct-rendering. Numerous reports about that. https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=115983&hilit=lagarith

See https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/7375 and https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/9700

Samples here: http://streams.videolan.org/issues/7375/YV12.avi and http://streams.videolan.org/issues/7375/mechanical.cut.avi

non-SSE2 playback

VLC fails to play on non-SSE2 machines.

See the bugreport here https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10203 and see the numerous complaints on the forum here https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=115952&p=393815&hilit=athlon#p393815

Closed issues

MTS regression (worked-around)

Possibly VLC TS demuxer does not output correct IDR information.

Whether the demuxer is wrong or not, it fails with libav, but it works with FFmpeg.

See https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/10140 and http://streams.videolan.org/issues/10140/MTS%20AVCHD%20Lite%20files%20no%20picture%20bug%20since%20v.2.1.1.MTS

VC1i

Some VC1i sample did not work in libav: http://streams.videolan.org/issues/5887/Journey%20to%20the%20Edge%20of%20the%20Universe%20sample.mkv