[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec: only warn about hwaccel with frame threads

Andreas Cadhalpun andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com
Sat Feb 6 18:15:37 CET 2016


On 06.02.2016 18:02, wm4 wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:48:17 +0100
> Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 06.02.2016 17:42, wm4 wrote:
>>> On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:38:45 +0100
>>> Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> On 06.02.2016 17:35, wm4 wrote:  
>>>>> On Sat, 6 Feb 2016 17:32:12 +0100
>>>>> Andreas Cadhalpun <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:  
>>>>>> So what do you suggest instead to get VLC's hwaccels working again soon?    
>>>>>
>>>>> Send a patch to VLC.    
>>>>
>>>> Writing such a patch is not easy.
>>>> Feel free to prove me wrong by doing it.  
>>>
>>> We don't give in to blackmail (which is pretty what that VLC dev did)  
>>
>> I think you misunderstood something.
>> We shouldn't gratuitously break API users.
> 
> It's not an API break.
> 
>>> just because it's more convenient for you.  
>>
>> This has nothing to do with my convenience. It is about fixing an
>> important regression caused by a commit you reviewed.
> 
> It's not a regression in FFmpeg or its API.

That's splitting hairs.
VLC's hwaccels worked before that commit and don't work after it,
which is a clear regression.
All of that has been said before.

Best regards,
Andreas



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