Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2023-09-28 21:28:35) > On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 12:28:22PM +0200, Anton Khirnov wrote: > > Quoting Michael Niedermayer (2023-09-23 18:43:44) > > > Is a seperate library really the right choice for SDR in FFmpeg at this > > > stage ? > > > > > > Also code can always be moved into an seperate library > > > > we've had postproc in the tree for ages, nobody maintains it or > > cares about it, yet it seems impossible to get rid of it. > > what maintaince does it need ? > i mean i know the code is ugly but what _needs_ to be changed? > > libpostproc implements part of ISO/IEC 14496-2 > (that is the spec for an MPEG-4 ASP decoder) > > its content could be moved in libavfilter and or the mpeg4 decoder > (there are arguments to be made for either) > but it doesnt belong in a lib external to FFmpeg. > (and in the process some bits probably can be droped as they > no longer serve a purpose compared to other filters) > > I have too many other things to work on to do a big refactoring of it > but if there are small bugs in it or questions about it i can look into them
The main problem I see with it is that it is a world unto itself. It barely interacts with the rest of the project, its APIs use a different style from everything else, etc. What does anybody gain from it being in our source tree, as opposed to a separate library? -- Anton Khirnov _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".