[FFmpeg-user] Why is format=rgb24 required after maskedmerge?

[Michael Koch]

Am 21.08.2020 um 12:09 schrieb Gyan Doshi:
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> On 21-08-2020 02:36 pm, Michael Koch wrote:
>> Am 21.08.2020 um 10:50 schrieb Paul B Mahol:
>>> On 8/21/20, Michael Koch <astroelectronic at t-online.de> wrote:
>>>> Please add this to the documentation (for example in chapter 20.9 
>>>> image2)
>>>>
>>>> FFmpeg supports the following image formats: BMP, DNG, GIF, JPG, PAM,
>>>> PGM (binary P5 files are read/write, ascii P2 files are read-only),
>>>> PGMYUV, PNG, PPM, TGA, TIFF.
>>> Sorry but that list is incomplete.
>>
>> Then please add what's missing.
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> FFmpeg's documentation is very incomplete. I had a rough roadmap at 
> the start of the year for plugging the gaps, but other events transpired.
>
> I hope to start a systematic effort in September.
>
> Gyan
>
> P.S. ffmpeg supports roughly a few dozen image formats. I'll add the 
> missing ones to https://ffmpeg.org/general.html#Image-Formats

That's very interesting. I never found that "General Documentation" file 
because I thought "ffmpeg-all" contains what the filename implies: All. 
This is obviously not the case. The filename is misleading, if the file 
doesn't contain all documentation. Wouldn't it be better to combine 
these two files into one file, which contains really all?

Michael