[FFmpeg-devel] Re: RFC: Embedded documentation

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 03:45:06 -0700 


> On 27 Apr 2026, at 19:29, Nicolas George via ffmpeg-devel 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> The first question I want to ask is: Do we want it?

+1

It will help to keep the documentation in sync with the code. 

> 
> 
> If the collective answer is no, then I can stop thinking about it and
> move to something else.
> 
> If the collective answer is yes, then we can discuss in more details.
> But it also means we want everything that is necessary to implement it.
> And since it produces text, that includes AVWriter. Also, it probably
> includes reworking the way the documentation is stored in files in the
> source code, maybe changing its format.
> 
> Note: I am not interested in a less ambitious system. A version where we
> just add a few text fields to components and let applications deal with
> them, without transverse documentation like the syntax for timestamps,
> is absolutely possible, but I would not be the one to work on it.
> 
> I hope the answer is yes.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
>  Nicolas George
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