[FFmpeg-user] Listing the hardware accelerators

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Am Fr., 27. Sept. 2019 um 10:17 Uhr schrieb Moritz Barsnick <barsnick at gmx.net>:
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 09:14:07 +0200, Michael Koch wrote:
> > Does that mean
> > a) List all hardware acceleration methods supported in this build of
> > ffmpeg, regardless if the hardware is really built into this computer,
> > or does it mean
> > b) List all hardware acceleration methods supported in this build of
> > ffmpeg and this hardware is really available in this computer?
>
> a)
> Which is not what the original poster requested.

We (developers) apparently think that just as you have to know your
input file to use ffmpeg (not every command line supports every
input file), you also have to know the hardware you are using...

@Michael: Please understand that (at least most) developers do
not have the time to copy the change you already suggested into
their local tree. Instead install a git client of your choice and send
the documentation patches to the development mailing list where
they will find more friends!
You will find that this saves both of us (!) a lot of time because
making the change locally and sending an email is definitely faster
than opening a ticket on trac.

Carl Eugen