[FFmpeg-devel] Sorry state of AVOptions

[Paul B Mahol]

On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Paul B Mahol (12024-07-04):
> > Application vendor will issue new free-update with handling for newly
> > introduced AVOption type.
>
> So you mean your users have tu update your application to have it handle
> new types in more recent FFmpeg?
>
> How do they do if you moved to another project and do not update?
>
> What do they do if in the meantime you raised your prices?
>
> My version is superior: I put the unknown options in a text entry
> widget, as text, and they work immediately. If later I update the
> application, they will work nice, but they already work now.
>

Superior only for you, no GUI users use text widgets for non-text.


> This is the kind of thing you have to think about when you design an
> API.
>
> --
>   Nicolas George
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