SplitStream 0.3 and other utils

czhang@i... czhang at i...
Sun, 21 Oct 2001 05:02:05 -0000


--- In ExtractStream@y..., joe666boxer@y... wrote:
> I've uploaded version 0.3 of splitstream to
> http://www.geocities.com/joe666boxer
> changes:
> - really skip sequences with bad memory pointers
> - provide estimates for initial time offset
> 
> I've also zipped up the newest tivo utils I could find in CVS 
> and made them available. Many people seem to have a hard time 
getting
> the latest (0.3) of ExtractStream. I haven't compiled or modified 
it.

I am very positive that ExtractStream in tympeg.zip is better than 
the CVS(0.3) version as my experience. It's on 
http://www.ntworld.com/tivo/.

> 
> The time estimates that splitstream displays are it's best guess 
as to
> the time offset between the audio and video. It displays two 
values;
> typical output looks like:
> 
> estimated audio delay from first video -174.600000 ms
> estimated audio delay from earliest video -107.855556 ms

ok, such nice feature. You rock, dude!

> 
> MPEG 2 streams can send video frames out of sequence, so the first
> frame in the stream may not be the first thing displayed. I'm 
looking
> for feedback on these. They are not exact, but they're usually 
close.
> 
> Disclaimer: for all I know, those estimates are completely bogus. 
this
> is highly experimental, so please test it and let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> Joe