[FFmpeg-devel] [DECISION] scaletempo filter

[Paul B Mahol]

On 5/4/19, John Warburton <john at johnwarburton.net> wrote:
> On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 2:41 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>
>> Paul B Mahol (12019-05-04):
>> > I open votes for 7 days. Voting is about inclusion of scaletempo
>> > filter (IMHO it is better than atempo) in FFmpeg.
>> >
>> > Thanks for voting.
>>
>> Voting for what? This mail does not look remotely like the voting
>> procedure. For starters, a vote must come after a discussion failed to
>> reach a consensus. AFACS, this is the first time scaletempo is mentioned
>> on this mailing list this year.
>>
>
> An earlier post referring to scaletempo, from December 2017, suggested
> replacement of atempo. Please may I note that at least one commercial radio
> station, that I personally broadcast on daily, uses atempo for adjusting
> the timing of news bulletins so they exactly fit a particular time. A
> change in its operation, rather than the addition of a new filter, may
> cause concern at least that one place.
>
> Is there a patch I can use to test scaletempo to compare it against atempo?
> It'll be no trouble to do that with the normal audio that is time-adjusted
> on that radio station. It may be that its increased quality is most
> welcome, of course.
> with best wishes,
> JW

There is old patch on this ML (but it probably no more applies cleanly), and no,
this is not about removing/replacing filter, this is about adding new filter.