h264 fast forward ?

[littlemouse_code]

I wanna simulate h264 fast forward, should i send only IDR frame ? it seem that client player do not immediately display picture after sending only IDR frame. VLC report frame arrival is more than 5 seconds . I dying to want someone give me some suggestion.:o

[DarkZell666]

Depending on the bitrate you use for streaming and the client's bandwidth, 5 seconds is rather normal imho ...
IDR (I-frames ? I lack a little vocabulary, sorry ^^') are the heaviest frames in a stream usually ...
Please explain more in detail what you're trying to do please ;)

[bond]

decoding only the i-frames (not necessarily the idr-frames, if you dont care about decoding other frames!) is the fastest way to decode a stream. decoding all other frames means decoding the i/idr-frame + the frame to display itself + reference frames