[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffmpeg: raise level for message printed in case of auto-select pixel format

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 02:16:08PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Sunday 2013-07-28 01:18:46 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos encoded:
> > Stefano Sabatini <stefasab <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > On date Saturday 2013-07-27 16:53:38 +0000, 
> > > Carl Eugen Hoyos encoded:
> > > > Stefano Sabatini writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > -    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_INFO,
> > > > > +    av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_WARNING,
> > > > >             "No pixel format specified, %s for 
> > > > > H.264 encoding chosen.\n"
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think this is a good idea.
> > > 
> > > Why?
> > 
> 
> > Because I don't think it is a good idea to raise 
> > the level of an informational message to "warning"?
> 
> "Informational message" and "warning" are not clearly defined (a

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warning
    Definition of WARNING
    1
    : the act of warning : the state of being warned <he had warning of his illness>
    2
    : something that warns or serves to warn; especially : a notice or bulletin that alerts the public to an imminent hazard (as a tornado, thunderstorm, or flood)

Definition of INFORMATION
    1
    : the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence
    2
    a (1) : knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction (2) : intelligence, news (3) : facts, data
    b : the attribute inherent in and communicated by one of two or more alternative sequences or arrangements of something (as nucleotides in DNA or binary digits in a computer program) that produce specific effects
    c (1) : a signal or character (as in a communication system or computer) representing data (2) : something (as a message, experimental data, or a picture) which justifies change in a construct (as a plan or theory) that represents physical or mental experience or another construct
    d : a quantitative measure of the content of information; specifically : a numerical quantity that measures the uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment to be performed
    3
    : the act of informing against a person
    4
    : a formal accusation of a crime made by a prosecuting officer as distinguished from an indictment presented by a grand jury
    — in·for·ma·tion·al adjective
    — in·for·ma·tion·al·ly adverb
    See information defined for English-language learners »
    See information defined for kids »
        in·for·ma·tion

log.h:
    /**
    * Something somehow does not look correct. This may or may not
    * lead to problems. An example would be the use of '-vstrict -2'.
    */
    #define AV_LOG_WARNING  24
    


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