[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] AVFilter
Sean McGovern
gseanmcg at gmail.com
Wed Oct 16 02:14:27 EEST 2024
Hi,
On Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 12:19 Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:
> Hi all
>
> This is a quick RFC about peoples oppinions on AVFilter
>
> The question: Should anyone be able to write a filter (which
> other people can use) ?
> Or should only we be able to add filters ?
>
> (This relates to what parts of the API are publically accessable)
>
> So whats the point of this RFC ?
>
> If we want a public API that allows writing filters then work on the API
> has to be compatible with that direction.
>
> "compatible" for example would be, "Adding whats missing to the public API"
> or "deprecating existing API and writing a better API that makes all needed
> parts public"
>
> "incompatible" for example is "making bits and pieces private that are
> needed
> by filters
>
> Some of the currently pending patches seem to fall into the "incompatible"
> category, while iam not sure what peoples oppinions is on the direction
> of AVfilter, which is why iam bringing this up
>
> Thx
>
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We should strive to make it easy and desirable to merge filters in to
FFmpeg proper.
-- Sean McGovern
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