[FFmpeg-soc] [soc]: r1640 - libavfilter/README

[victor]

Author: victor
Date: Sat Dec 22 12:31:34 2007
New Revision: 1640

Log:
Clarify libavfilter's direction, as per discussion in issue 302 in bug tracker.


Modified:
   libavfilter/README

Modified: libavfilter/README
==============================================================================
--- libavfilter/README	(original)
+++ libavfilter/README	Sat Dec 22 12:31:34 2007
@@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ WRITING FILTERS:
 There is some documentation on writing basic filters over at the multimedia
 wiki.  See http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=FFmpeg_filter_howto
 
+THE RIGTH DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION:
+
+libavfilter IS a graphics library; therefore for:
+
+- drawing text
+    Create a single drawtext filter using freetype
+- supporting filters from libmpcodecs
+    Create a single filter that links to libmpcodecs
+- supporting filters from gimp
+    Create a a single filter that links to it
+- reading images
+    Create a filter using libavcodec
+- blending two things
+    Create a single filter doing the blending using C
+
+And for the rest use ANSI C.
+
+THE WRONG DIRECTION:
+
+libavfilter IS NOT a wraper around another graphics library.
+Its libavfilter's job to work with pixels; it IS NOT its job to call
+a random_lib(). That would be the last resort if all else fails.
+
+And in that remote case, there must be a need, a specific thing we
+are not able to do easily with a few lines of ANSI C: something like
+using libfreetype to render text.
+
 RUNNING IT:
 
 The command line syntax for specifying filters is similar to that of mplayer.