[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] 5 year plan & Inovation

[Paul B Mahol]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 4:22 AM Aidan <steve.rock.pet at gmail.com> wrote:

> The best option is to figure stuff out.
>
> I don't see positive stuff in this mailing list - I lurk a lot in these
> emails.
>
> I see what you mean. I somewhat disagree/agree. New codecs or new formats
> is innovative to a certain extent.
>
> There is no creativity or motivation here to improve the functionality of
> FFmpeg. Just arguing!
>

And potentially taking your money.


> Having a Native VVC decoder is great. Most of us will be using it after a
> few years once the codec becomes used.
>
> I use FFmpeg to download HLS streams from the internet or convert files
> like probably most people do. FFmpeg is the ultimate way of doing this
> because there is no better option.
>
> But there are issues:
> 1. "#ext-x-discontinuity" exists. Makes FFmpeg completely unable to
> function with HLS depending on the circumstance.
> 2. TTML is used a lot on the internet as subtitles. FFmpeg doesn't have a
> decoder at all. TTML is rarely supported other than browsers. There is no
> way to convert and preserve formatting.
> 3. There is no encoder for cea-608 subtitles. Tons of services support
> decoding but there's no way to encode it.
> 4. Services selling HLS encoder services. FFmpeg can generate an HLS
> playlist. However, it's an important part: the web server.
>
> I submitted a patch for a TTML decoder because I thought it would be great.
> It was completely ignored.
> If my patch was seriously bad, then fine. But seriously *no one cared*.
>
> Y'all can disagree with me. You are slowly digging a pit.
>
> Kind regards,
> Aidan / TheDaChicken
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