[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/examples: add a simple decoding example.

[Clément Bœsch]

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 02:21:44PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le decadi 20 fructidor, an CCXXI, Stefano Sabatini a écrit :
> > Now the real question, is why the user should care about "classical"
> > and "non-classical" API? Are we supposed to swith to the frame.h API
> > or keep both of them at the same time (and there is any advantage into
> > using one or the other)? I'm sorry for the many questions.
> 
> I tend to agree: supporting the old API seems pointless (it will probably
> become the default in one or two major versions), and it makes the example
> less didactic.
> 

Less overhead (codec option setting, manual unref - which can be
bothersome sometimes), more compatible, helps understanding the evolution
of the API, ...

Note: a bunch of our other examples are currently broken because of this
misunderstanding of the two way of dealing with the video buffers.

-- 
Clément B.
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