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

Paul B Mahol onemda at gmail.com
Thu Apr 26 14:57:30 EEST 2018


On 4/26/18, Carl Eugen Hoyos <ceffmpeg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Even if it is, that is unfair comparison.
Because options and settings are incompatible.

I hope you understand this.


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