[FFmpeg-devel] new webpage design patches

[Clément Bœsch]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 06:16:42PM -0800, Lou Logan wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014, at 12:10 AM, Clément Bœsch wrote:
> >  - should we restore the hall of shame page, or maybe simply add a
> >    "Violations" linking to a specific query in our trac?
> 
> I prefer a link to the trac violations. Or no link at all for less
> clutter. At least one or two responsible authors who gave a shit, or who
> made honest mistakes, have found their ticket in trac and cleared things
> up, IIRC.
> 
> No dedicated shame page is needed. It's a maintenance burden. It is
> ignored by general users. Its effectiveness is debatable. It makes the
> project look whiney.
> 

OK

> >  - I suggested "ffmpeg -i input.mp4 output.avi" for the discover command,
> >    but given how low the bitrate is by default, it's probably a bad idea,
> >    any suggestion?
> 
> How about "ffmpeg -i input.avi output.mp4" or mkv? Most builds likely
> support H.264 video encoding, the defaults are sane, and I'd expect more
> users to want mp4 over avi. Or we can always change the old school
> defaults to something better (I don't know what to though).

libx264 is not always available and not that much common (it requires
special permissions), and the avi to mp4 is IMO not that much common: it's
not going to improve quality, while mp4 to avi has the benefit of creating
videos compatible with old devices, which sounds like a more common use
case.

I also avoided avi to mkv because IIRC there are sometimes issue that
require you to do something like -fflags +genpts.

> 
> Thanks for your work on the site stuff.
> 

You should thank db0.

> Lou

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Clément B.
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