[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add null video filter

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Thursday 2009-10-08 18:41:10 +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd encoded:
> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 06:56:26PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> >> On date Thursday 2009-10-08 16:58:40 +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd encoded:
> >> > Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
> >> > 
> >> > > On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:04:48AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> >> > >> 
> >> > >> Patch updated accordingly.
> >> > >> 
> >> > >> --- ffmpeg.orig/doc/vfilters.texi	2009-10-07 23:54:31.000000000 +0200
> >> > >> +++ ffmpeg/doc/vfilters.texi	2009-10-07 23:55:34.000000000 +0200
> >> > >> @@ -116,4 +116,8 @@
> >> > >>  
> >> > >> + at section null
> >> > >> +
> >> > >> +Pass in output the source unchanged.
> >> 
> >> which I intended as:
> >> Pass in output the source [which is] unchanged.
> >> 
> >> > > I don't understand.  I assume you wish to say that the source is passed
> >> > > to the output without changes.
> >> 
> >> What about:
> >> 
> >> Pass to the output the unchanged source.
> >> 
> >> which still sounds a little awkward.
> >
> > I suggest: Pass the source unchanged to the output.

Fixed locally, thanks.
 
> Unchanged the source to output pass.
> To output pass unchanged the source.
> The source unchanged to output pass.

Eheh, I like these ones..
 
> The variations are endless, but some more suitable for poetry than
> documentation.  Perhaps we should rewrite the whole file in iambic
> pentameter.

Or we could describe them with haiku:

It's a null filter,
many things flowing in,
but nothing changes.

Regards.
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