[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] vd_null to output black frames

[Reimar Döffinger]

On 27 Sep 2012, at 16:35, Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Some modifies to this patch.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Xidorn Quan <quanxunzhen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> This patch makes vd_null return black frames for various image format
>> instead of only NULL.

Obvious question: why? The purpose of it is to provide _no_ video, and that as quickly as possible. As far as I can tell, your patch actually "breaks" both of them.
I suspect you want to use it for something it was not meant for. In that case it might be better to add a new decoder.