scan: improve preview generation for short videos that have no IDRs

git-svn-id: svn://svn.handbrake.fr/HandBrake/trunk@6862 b64f7644-9d1e-0410-96f1-a4d463321fa5

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libhb/scan.c b/libhb/scan.c
index e638ebc54..74d960117 100644
--- a/libhb/scan.c
+++ b/libhb/scan.c
@@ -596,7 +596,20 @@ static int DecodePreviews( hb_scan_t * data, hb_title_t * title, int flush )
             vid_decoder->flush( vid_decoder );
         if (title->flags & HBTF_NO_IDR)
         {
-            frame_wait = 100;
+            if (!flush)
+            {
+                // If we are doing the first previews decode attempt,
+                // set this threshold high so that we get the best
+                // quality frames possible.
+                frame_wait = 100;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                // If we failed to get enough valid frames in the first
+                // previews decode attempt, lower the threshold to improve
+                // our chances of getting something to work with.
+                frame_wait = 10;
+            }
         }
 
         hb_buffer_t * vid_buf = NULL;