[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/3] libavcodec: add NETINT Quadra HW decoders & encoders

[Ronald S. Bultje]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM Desmond Liu <desmond.liu at netint.ca> wrote:

>   *   As far as I know, these cards/units are not available to the general
> public at all.
>
> The cards are available to the general public. See
> https://netint.com/contact-us and send a message to sales at netint.com
> <mailto:sales at netint.com>. There is no minimum order nor any NDA that
> needs to be signed.


We previously had a similar debate regarding realmedia (search for "Codec
wrapper for librv11 and RMHD muxer/demuxer").

The debate comes down to this:
- it's clear that for the company, there's a huge advantage in patches
being upstream. For example, upstream does maintenance/upkeep for free.
- it's not clear whether there is any benefit to the community / project in
this patch being upstream. For example, how do we test this code in fate?

The fact that something is for sale does not mean it's a general benefit to
the FFmpeg developer or user community.

Ronald