Googling a bit (I like to RTFM) I do see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4277297/what-is-snapshot-builds-sources-version, so I withdraw my comments about the term "Snapshots". My other suggestions still hold.
On Jul 7, 2015, at 9:52 AM, John Pilgrim <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, my mistake. I suppose I was asking for YUV (YCrCb) but since the filter > was called 'xyz2rgb' I said RGB instead. The issue of YCrCb vs RGB encoding > is important but ffmpeg usually gets it right, so I was focussed on > converting from the XYZ (really X'Y'Z') primaries and gamma to the Rec709 > equivalents. > > > "Snapshots" vs "Releases" isn't an obvious distinction to me. "Releases" is > clear but "Snapshots" is not. > "Daily Build" vs "Production Build" is more common terminology in the VFX > software world I am familiar with, and seems more readily obvious. > > The page you linked (https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/) has some font size > hierarchy issues that cause your instructions ("FFmpeg developers strongly > encourage all users to use a current snapshot build instead of a release > build.") to get overlooked. > > That instructions should be in a larger font size and could also be > simplified: "We strongly encourage all users to use a current snapshot build > instead of a release build." or "All uses are recommended to use the current > snapshot build instead of the release build." > With the current small font size and my dyslexia, I had misread the line to > say "FFmpeg developers are strongly encouraged to use a current snapshot > build instead of a release build." I wasn't a developer so I opted for the > release build. > > Lastly, there should be column headings over the Snapshot/Daily Build column > and Release Build column. It is not immediately obvious that the large green > link above the words "More ffmpeg snapshots" is the snapshot link and that > the large green link above the words "More ffmpeg releases" is the release > link. Sure I can use reasoning to figure it out, but you asked for more > optimized wording. There should be a heading in font size larger than the > links, ABOVE the links. The links should probably be reduced in font size so > there isn't a general font size escalation. > > > > > On Jul 7, 2015, at 1:00 AM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <[email protected]> wrote: > >> John Pilgrim <lists <at> johnpilgrim.net> writes: >> >>> My goal is to convert an XYZ-encoded MXF from a DCP to >>> an RGB Rec709-encoded ProRes MOV. >> >> I may just misunderstand but ProRes does not support RGB >> (only YUV). >> >>> I am using a MacOS ffmpeg binary from >>> https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ >> >>> ffmpeg version 2.7.1-tessus >> >> I tried so hard to find a wording that prevents people >> from downloading this binary: Could you suggest a better >> wording for https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/ ? >> Note that it makes an actual difference for your >> use-case, the j2k decoder was finally fixed for many >> input files. >> >> Carl Eugen >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ffmpeg-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list [email protected] http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
