[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Image Range (starting from x)

[Vladimir Pantelic]

Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Saturday 2009-12-26 06:13:44 +0100, Gianluigi Tiesi encoded:
>> Hi,
>> I've recevied an old patch that I simply adapted to current svn.
>> It allows to use this syntax:
>>
>> ffmpeg -i "file.%04~107d.tga"
>>
>> that means start from file file.0107.tga
>>
>>
>> The guy sent me, said it was an idea from Jimmy Christensen
>>
>> What do you think about?
> 
> Ideally this should be set as a demuxer option, alternatively you
> coould create a libavfilter source for it (which already support
> per-element options).
> 
> That said, I'm not against extending the syntax for supporting such a
> feature if other devs are not against it.

I had the need for such an option a few days ago, ended up hacking my
local copy of ffmpeg, so I "vote" *for* it!