[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] gradfun: add notice from the MPlayer manual

Stefano Sabatini stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it
Wed Mar 30 00:28:58 CEST 2011


Add notice telling that the filter is designed for playback only.
---
 doc/filters.texi |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi
index 74f557d..71900aa 100644
--- a/doc/filters.texi
+++ b/doc/filters.texi
@@ -585,6 +585,10 @@ regions by truncation to 8bit colordepth.
 Interpolate the gradients that should go where the bands are, and
 dither them.
 
+This filter is designed for playback only.  Do not use it prior to
+lossy compression, because compression tends to lose the dither and
+bring back the bands.
+
 The filter takes two optional parameters, separated by ':':
 @var{strength}:@var{radius}
 
-- 
1.7.2.3



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