[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Fix possible crash with -threads 0

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:55:18PM +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Attached patch seems to fix a crash for some users (see issue 2376) - untested
>> on Windows.
>>
>> Please comment, Carl Eugen
>
> threads=0 means autodetect the number of threads/cpus.
> I think this should be implemented, shouldnt be that hard. Such implementation
> will fix this bug as a sideeffect

Autodetection should be left up to external libs when relevant though
(e.g. x264), as the optimal number of threads to use depends on the
threading model used.

Jason