[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avcodec: rewrite gif muxing and encoding

[Paul B Mahol]

On 12/12/18, Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
> Paul B Mahol (2018-12-11):
>> Now "-c copy" works.
>> Update FATE files.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  libavcodec/gif.c                | 127 +++++++-----
>>  libavformat/gif.c               | 242 ++++++++++------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-bgr4_byte | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-bgr8      | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-gray      | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-pal8      | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-rgb4_byte | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  tests/ref/fate/gifenc-rgb8      | 346 ++++++++++++++++----------------
>>  8 files changed, 1217 insertions(+), 1228 deletions(-)
>
> Please document why you need to rewrite the encoder in order to get
> muxing working.

It needs that because decoder & demuxer work that way.