[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3] lavu: add an AV_FRAME_DATA_GAMMA side data type

[Paul B Mahol]

On 11/8/17, Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
> L'octidi 18 brumaire, an CCXXVI, Paul B Mahol a ecrit :
>> Why are you doing this? Your bikesheds do not apply anymore.
>
> I am "doing this" because I care about the quality and design of the
> API, no more. In this particular instance, the side data API is now
> completely braindead, a huge waste in terms of code complexity for no
> actual benefit. It needs to be phased out, not expanded.

If you want one big 2mb size AVFrame go ahead and fork FFmpeg.