all files contain mp2 audio and mpeg4video encoded with lavc, with keyint=25. - mp41 has no b-frames and has pts only for I-frames - image is shown only when there are timestamps - mp42 has no b-frames and pts for all frames - all plays fine - mp42b has 1 b-frame patterns (IPBPB...) and pts for all frames because the pack size is very small (600 bytes) - plays fine - mp43 has 1 b-frame patterns (IPBPB...) with 2048 pack size; some frames lack pts - image seems to go back - mp44 has 2 b-frames patterns (IPBBPBB...) with 2048 pack size; some frames lack pts - image seems to go back