Am Do., 27. Feb. 2020 um 19:32 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com>:
>
> On 2/27/2020 3:22 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > Am Do., 27. Feb. 2020 um 19:11 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> This set follows the same logic as 061a0c14bb, but for the encode API: The
> >> new public API will no longer be a wrapper around the old deprecated one, 
> >> and
> >> the internal API used by the encoders now consists of a single 
> >> receive_packet()
> >> callback that pulls frames as required.
> >>
> >> Because of the above, PATCH 2/4 can't be applied until all the relevant 
> >> encoders
> >> have been adapted, and said changes squashed into it. This means librav1e, 
> >> nvenc,
> >> amfenc, v4l2_m2m, and vaapi_enc.
> >> I have ported librav1e both to test this set and for it to work as an 
> >> example
> >> for the maintainers of the other three encoders in order to get an idea of 
> >> what
> >> they should do.
> >
> > How does performance change with these patches?
>
> I didn't notice any performance hit.

I had hoped for a performance gain...

Sorry for asking: Did you test? They are rumours we once upon a time
changed something in libavcodec which had a huge speed impact that
was simply ignored here...

> > Am I correct that this changes the "new" api which so many
> > users complained about?
>
> I'm not sure what users complained about, but this doesn't change the
> public API as far as library users are concerned. It changes how it
> works internally, removing the dependency it had on the old deprecated API.

Thank you for the explanation!

Carl Eugen
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