[FFmpeg-trac] #6442(avcodec:closed): libavcodec shouldn't advertise hardware specific codecs on systems without such hardware

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#6442: libavcodec shouldn't advertise hardware specific codecs on systems without
such hardware
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             Reporter:  plater       |                    Owner:
                 Type:  defect       |                   Status:  closed
             Priority:  normal       |                Component:  avcodec
              Version:  unspecified  |               Resolution:  invalid
             Keywords:               |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:               |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0            |
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Comment (by oromit):

 This is more a bug in the application using the libraries.
 libavcodec can't possibly know in advance which hw codecs are supported on
 a system, and it's up to the individual application to do a proper
 fallback.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/6442#comment:3>
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