[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc: document amerge filter as an alternative for the -map_channel limitation.

[Tim Nicholson]

On 24/01/12 11:54, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le quintidi 5 pluviôse, an CCXX, Tim Nicholson a écrit :
>> As he admits though, aformat is pretty much needed in all cases
> 
> I do not think I wrote that: a more correct wording would be: aformat may be
> needed in _any_ case.
> 

Sorry did not mean to misrepresent, but :-

"...if we start adding it there, we should add it pretty anywhere..."

implied that to me. Apologies for misunderstanding.

> But for most people, it will work just fine without it as their samples will
> be s16.
> 
> I am fine with the patch in either version, though. But I realize that
> inserting aconvert itself instead of aformat is probably more efficient, and
> not harder.
> 
> Please also have a look at my submission for the FAQ.
>

I think that's a helpful and useful explanation.


-- 
Tim