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

[Michael Koch]

Am 21.08.2020 um 17:06 schrieb Gyan Doshi:
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> On 21-08-2020 07:30 pm, Michael Koch wrote:
>> Am 21.08.2020 um 15:42 schrieb Mark Filipak:
>>> On 08/21/2020 06:44 AM, Gyan Doshi wrote:
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>>>> On 21-08-2020 04:03 pm, Michael Koch wrote:
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> May I assist you?
>>
>> I'm also ready to help, if it can be done without git.
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> It would be cumbersome, having someone else merge the changes in a git 
> repo.
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> What concerns do you have about using git?

I don't understand how git works. Have tried it some time ago, but 
didn't work, so I gave up. No good instructions available. A second 
computer with Linux seems to be required. Too complicated. I have no 
experience with Linux. I know C and C# programming, but I'm not a 
professional programmer. The page https://www.ffmpeg.org/git-howto.html  
was obviously not written for beginners. Many terms are introduced 
without explaining them, and examples are missing.

Michael