[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] RFC: drop VDA

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Kirill Gavrilov <gavr.mail at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Clément Bœsch <u at pkh.me> wrote:
>
> and unfortunately I can't test VDA (because OSX doesn't have it anymore).
>
> Could you please add a comment where/when it has been removed?
>
> I have tried to find any information about this but only found deprecation
> since OS X El Capitan, but not removal:
> https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemFrameworks/SystemFrameworks.html
>
>> VideoDecodeAcceleration.framework
>>
>> First available: 10.7
>>
>> Prefixes: VDA
>>
>> Deprecated in OS X v10.11. Use VideoToolbox.framework instead.
>>
>
> Not that I've bothered much about missing VDA in FFmpeg (it is too slow and
> inflexible on my old MacBook anyway), just want to have clearer picture
> about it.

Deprecation for Apple means they basically removed the feature from
the SDK immediately. So if you use a 10.11 or newer OSX SDK, it won't
be available.

- Hendrik