[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] documentation: add encoders chapter

Måns Rullgård mans
Sat Feb 12 00:51:58 CET 2011


James Zern <jzern at google.com> writes:

> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 02:33, Stefano Sabatini
> <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
>> On date Thursday 2011-02-10 16:47:59 -0800, James Zern encoded:
>>> Initial encoders.texi shell
>>> ---
>>> ?doc/encoders.texi | ? 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>> ?doc/ffmpeg.texi ? | ? ?1 +
>>> ?2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>> ?create mode 100644 doc/encoders.texi
>>>
>>> As suggested by Stefano in '[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] vpxenc: add codec
>>> specific speed option' [1].
>>>
>>> [1]: https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-devel/2011-January/102749.html
>>
>>> diff --git a/doc/encoders.texi b/doc/encoders.texi
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 0000000..7e7aa99
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/doc/encoders.texi
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
>>> + at chapter Encoders
>>> + at c man begin ENCODERS
>>> +
>>> +Encoders are configured elements in FFmpeg which allow the creation of
>>> +multimedia streams.
>>
>> Here "creation" is a bit ambiguous (for example it may be interpreted
>> as "synthesis"), maybe "encoding" would be just fine.
>>
> Using encoding in the same sentence with encoders seems off to me.

Encoders encode, nothing strange about that.  This is a technical
manual, not poetry.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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