[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH][RFC] avcodec/avutil: Add timeline side data

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 3/29/2018 2:13 AM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Well, no unless we want a single unified API that represents information
> about timespans.
> We can use completely unrelated systems to handle the virtual timeline,
> the codec and related changes, chapters, ...

Personal opinion time: From design and use perspective, an single unified
API to handle all of those things an their edge cases sounds like a
nightmare to use and write.

- Derek