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

[Lou Logan]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:04:09 +0200, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:
> > Stefano Sabatini <stefasab <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> On date Monday 2013-07-29 09:36:06 +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos encoded:
> >> > Stefano Sabatini <stefasab <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >> >
> >> > > Will push the change in a day.
> >> >
> >>
> >> > You still haven't explained why raising the level
> >> > of a purely informational message makes any sense.
> >>
> >> I did it extensively and repeatedly in the past thread.
> >
> > While I can't really follow you with this message,
> > please do not commit, this patch does no good.
> >
> 
> Luckily, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
> 
> I think the patch is useful, since it warns the user about an
> assumption the code makes, which in quite a lot of cases may not be
> what the user really wants.
> To ensure the user sees this warning, it should also be marked as a
> warning, or it might be missed, resulting in questions and/or
> complaints later.
> 
> So IMHO, just go ahead and push.
> 
> - Hendrik

Agreed. After helping dozens of users with this issue, and observing
others spending their time to do the same, making the message more
likely to be seen is something that I support.

From a user support point of view it makes sense and from a general
user's point of view it makes more sense. Making things better for
users beats out neckbearding in my opinion.

Please push.