[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] require static libswscale for mga

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 06:27:44AM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:33:45AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 09:17:53PM +0200, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 09:03:23PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > > > Well, normally it would just be a matter of adding NV12 support for continue
> > > > > supporting it, however due to the braindead driver design (2 names for the
> > > > > same format MGA_VID_FORMAT_IYUV and MGA_VID_FORMAT_I420, but none for the
> > > > > completely different G200 format? WTF?) that's not trivial, and it would
> > > > > also be without OSD support.
> > > > 
> > > > I do not think continuing to support it is worth the trouble.
> > > 
> > > Well, in principle it wouldn't be so much continuing support for G200
> > > but it would probably add NV12 support to all later cards as well if
> > > done properly.
> > 
> > What advantage would that give us?
> 
> IIRC some capture cards produce NV12, so it would allow playing their
> output without a pointless colorspace conversion.
> Not much of a point, just in principle.

I strongly vote for just removing support and be done with it.
Whoever values that feature is welcome to send a patch.

Diego