[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/3] avcodec: add an AVCodecContext field to signal types of packet, frame, and coded stream side data to export

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Am So., 2. Feb. 2020 um 23:31 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>:

> -{"export_mvs", "export motion vectors through frame side data", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_CODEC_FLAG2_EXPORT_MVS}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|D, "flags2"},
> +{"export_mvs", "export motion vectors through frame side data (Deprecated, see export_side_data)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_CODEC_FLAG2_EXPORT_MVS}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|D, "flags2"},

Is there a technical reason why this functionality has to be updated
every few years?

Carl Eugen