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| author | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2014-11-01 01:45:43 +0300 |
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| committer | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at> | 2014-11-03 20:54:51 +0300 |
| commit | bd0f866731ac8fed122100e5a4b86ac8f0d81dd1 (patch) | |
| tree | 62799c4ac6a768ac104ab0455022cfa9a4970555 /doc/codecs.texi | |
| parent | 898635ad9ec9cadc3c45b61fba97a471f2be7d27 (diff) | |
doc: Better documentation for the bitexact flag
Reviewed-by: Benoit Fouet <benoit.fouet@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/codecs.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/codecs.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/codecs.texi b/doc/codecs.texi index 2bb60595c9..35068c701c 100644 --- a/doc/codecs.texi +++ b/doc/codecs.texi @@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ Force low delay. @item global_header Place global headers in extradata instead of every keyframe. @item bitexact -Use only bitexact stuff (except (I)DCT). +Only write platform-, build- and time-independent data. (except (I)DCT). +This ensures that file and data checksums are reproducable and match between +platforms. Its primary use is for regression testing. @item aic Apply H263 advanced intra coding / mpeg4 ac prediction. @item cbp |