[FFmpeg-devel] DeckLink libavdevice

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 07:08:40PM -0700, Deron wrote:
> On 2/23/12 2:18 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> >Deron<deron at ...>  writes:
> >
> >>Taking Nicolas George's suggestion, I have created a basic
> >>libavdevice for Blackmagic's DeckLink HD-SDI cards.
> >Then please send the patch to ffmpeg-devel where it can be discussed
> >(and later applied).
> >
> >Consider running tools/patcheck over your patch and please note that
> >plain text is heavily preferred over html on all mailing lists.
> >
> >Carl Eugen
> >
> 
> Ok, I will do so as soon as someone can tell me how to generate the patch!?
> 
> I tried " |git format-patch" and it did nothing. Then I tried to commit it
> on my machine and "| |git format-patch" ||who knows what it did then.
> |

git format-patch -1
after you commited some changes will produce a git friendly patch as
a file, git will tell you its filename

also the git manual, accessable through git format-patch --help is
above average IMHO when it comes to manuals 

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

Rewriting code that is poorly written but fully understood is good.
Rewriting code that one doesnt understand is a sign that one is less smart
then the original author, trying to rewrite it will not make it better.
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