[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC]lavc/fdk-aacenc: Print an error if (e)ld was requested without signaling

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:39 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2017-09-27 22:30 GMT+02:00 Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> No opinion here, this was reported twice on trac this week, I don't
>>> know if there was really more than one user affected.
>>
>> "Signaling" as a single word isn't very descriptive, and should
>> probably be expanded.
>
> I don't disagree, do you have a suggestion?
>
>> Additionally, if its on -1 (default/auto), it should probably
>> automatically use a mode that works with the requested profile.
>
> Is that possible? fdk refuses explicit signaling here for (e)ld.
>

You cannot put ELD into ADTS, so that combination is entirely
impossible, and maybe a better thing to check and error out on first.
And when you use "raw" mode with a global header, explicit signaling
should also work.

- Hendrik