[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] avcodec: remove anatoliy prores encoder

Carl Eugen Hoyos ceffmpeg at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 14:52:54 EEST 2018


2018-04-26 13:48 GMT+02:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
> On 4/26/18, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2018-04-26 13:34 GMT+02:00, Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>:
>>> On 4/26/18, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2018-04-26 13:17 GMT+02:00, Josh de Kock <josh at itanimul.li>:
>>>>> On 2017/06/26 15:09, Paul B Mahol wrote:
>>>>>> Rationale:
>>>>>> - Slower then other encoder
>>>>>> - Less configurable
>>>>>> - Does not support alpha profile
>>>>>> - Does not set interlaced flag
>>>>>> - Worse output quality
>>>>>> - No need for 2 encoders
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any reason this was not pushed?
>>>>> I can't seem to see any argument against it.
>>>>
>>>> It was shown in the past that this encoder is faster,
>>>> more efficient and produces better quality.
>>>
>>> Why are you not telling real truth?
>>
>> This is surprisingly rude:
>> I am always trying to tell the truth, one of the things
>> that make me less happy about contributing here is
>> both that I am not allowed to write the truth anymore.
>>
>> Anyway: In the discussion about adding one of the
>> features you mention above, tests were posted that
>> showed this encoder to produce better (objective,
>> with all its disadvantages) quality using measurably
>> less cycles.
>
> That was with default configuration for both of them.

Which is not the most likely usecase?

> That's like comparing apples and oranges.
>
> I fail to see how that makes your statements true.

You seem to remember the situation even better
than I do, so I really don't understand your
comments...

>>> None of your claims are really true.
>>
>> Given how much you embarrassed us in the prores
>> discussion, I wonder why you make this claim;-)
>
> Now, this is just rude.

No?

> I expected this all the time.

You expected all the time that prores actually is 12bit?
(I didn't)

Carl Eugen


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