[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH][RESEND][UPDATE] null video filter patch

[Alex Beregszaszi]

Hi,

> > Can I ask what the purpose of this is? Is it just sample code? 
> 
> just sample code based on the DOCS file which helps explain making
> filters. seemed other programs had such filters so I wrote one.
> also there was a null video decoder already in this directory.
Null decoders make sense, because that way you can spare lot of cpu
power if you don't need them. A decoder is mandatory, but a filter is
optional.

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