[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffmpeg: Add option to force a specific decode format

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2019-04-30 19:48 GMT+02:00, Eoff, Ullysses A <ullysses.a.eoff at intel.com>:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ffmpeg-devel [mailto:ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org] On Behalf Of
>> Carl Eugen Hoyos
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 12:48 PM
>> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ffmpeg: Add option to force a specific
>> decode format
>>
>> 2018-11-11 15:54 GMT+01:00, Mark Thompson <sw at jkqxz.net>:
>> > Fixes #7519.
>>
>> > +    { "decode_format",  OPT_VIDEO | OPT_STRING | HAS_ARG | OPT_EXPERT
>> > |
>> > +                        OPT_SPEC | OPT_INPUT,
>> >      { .off = OFFSET(decode_formats) },
>> > +        "set output format used by decoder, fail if this format is not
>> > available", "format" },
>>
>> Sorry if this was already asked:
>> Why can't you use the input option "pix_fmt"?
>
> Are you saying that pix_fmt is already supported as in input option

I assume the reason that you sent the patch is that this is not
the case.

> for decode or, instead, that this patch should enable pix_fmt to be
> used as such instead of adding a new option name?

I believe this would make user's life easier, yes.

Carl Eugen