[FFmpeg-devel] lavfi: add perlin noise generator

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Tuesday 2024-07-02 10:17:26 +0200, Paul B Mahol wrote:
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> Source filters should use .activate instead.

Can someone elaborate about why .activate is favoured in this case
(sorry I missed the activate discussion altogether and I cannot graps
it from the docs)?

Also, is the direct AVFilterPad API to be considered deprecated in
favor of .activate?