[FFmpeg-devel] Deprecation of visual output devices

[wm4]

On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:18:13 +0100
Josh de Kock <josh at itanimul.li> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There is no point of having these output devices as all the
> functionality is contained in the 'ffplay' tool. If people wanted to
> integrate these devices in their own programs instead of using the
> ffmpeg tool then they are far too constrained for proper control, not to
> mention output devices have been quick hacky in libavdevice for a long
> time. There are three patches attached to deprecate the SDL2, OpenGL,
> and libcaca devices.
> 

+1