[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/6] lavu/channel_layout: implement unknown layouts.

[Nicolas George]

L'octidi 8 frimaire, an CCXXI, Michael Niedermayer a écrit :
> then the layout could be hacked at the very end, while it stays
> correct throughout the filter graph
> And one coukd add a flag that prevents the layout from being hacked
> so new applications can set that flag and wont be affected.

That could probably made to work, but from an API design point of view, this
is IMHO completely atrocious: it is inconsistent (sometimes the layout must
match the count, sometimes not), and it exposes a backward compatibility in
the public API. And still, it does not really solve anything, since it still
can not code 5.1+mono.

The solution I propose is ugly, I am completely aware of that, but at least
it is consistent with the current practice and with itself.

If we apply it now, then we can start working on a real solution for the
next major bump.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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