[FFmpeg-devel] I've written a filter in Rust

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM Soft Works <
softworkz-at-hotmail.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:

>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> > Michael Niedermayer
> > Sent: Freitag, 21. Februar 2025 14:22
> > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> > devel at ffmpeg.org>
> > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] I've written a filter in Rust
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 10:01:56AM +0100, Tomas Härdin wrote:
> > > tor 2025-02-20 klockan 23:49 +0100 skrev Michael Niedermayer:
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 02:06:47PM +0100, Leandro Santiago wrote:
> > > > > [insert meme here]
> > > > [...]
> > > > > I also recorded a video showing the filter in action [7].
> > > > [...
> > > > > [7] https://youtu.be/U_y4-NnaINg
> > > >
> > > > cool, it doesnt detect everyone though
> > > >
> > > > also i think this shows how useful a plugin framework would be for
> > > > ffmpeg
> > > >
> > > > with plugins everyone could use,test and contribute to this today.
> > > > without plugins, this needs to be merged in ffmpeg git master. (which
> > > > will take some time i suspect)
> > >
> > > Have we not gone over and rejected plugins many times? I recall points
> >
> > no
> > there was no formal and no public informal vote that i remember.
> >
> > ive raised the issue with plugins many times. Because it would
> > allow people and myself to contribute more complex features and
> > end the stagnation of FFmpeg.
>
> Yup, that's exactly one of the reasons why other projects like GStreamer
> have gained that much popularity. It might not have happened when
> ffmpeg would have been more open and extensible in the first place.
>

The popularity was gained because it is easier to bundle in closed source
applications which I think we all agree it's not the direction we should be
going towards. Also their community is welcoming developers instead of
actively pushing them away with conspiracy or governance talks.

What do you people think about the feasibility of a compile-time plugin
> mechanism?


Bad idea, as others have expressed in more detail.
-- 
Vittorio