[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 00/16] Replace native DCA decoder with libdcadec based one

James Almer jamrial at gmail.com
Sat Jan 30 23:02:07 CET 2016


On 1/30/2016 6:45 PM, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 10:41 PM, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 1/30/2016 6:15 PM, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Hendrik Leppkes <h.leppkes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 1:43 AM, Andreas Cadhalpun
>>>> <andreas.cadhalpun at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 25.01.2016 23:47, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
>>>>>> The decoder in itself looks fine to me, short of the regression michael found.
>>>>>> If you could look at that, that would be great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can squash and re-shuffle the commits appropriately for pushing and
>>>>>> make sure all intermediate steps still build, so don't worry about
>>>>>> that as much.
>>>>>> I would love to get this in soon, we can do further improvements and
>>>>>> more FATE coverage after.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree that it's time to apply these patches. Resending this huge
>>>>> patch set for tiny improvements is just not practical.
>>>>>
>>>>>> There doesn't seem to be much agreement yet of the order of pushing.
>>>>>> I would argue that since we're replacing the decoder entirely anyway,
>>>>>> a tiny period in between where we don't actually have a dca decoder
>>>>>> wouldn't break any bisect flow, since it would probably end there
>>>>>> anyway.
>>>>>> So considering that, it feels cleaner to me to push the removal first,
>>>>>> and then the additions for the new decoder for "prettier" history.
>>>>>
>>>>> That seems fine to me, but I don't have a strong opinion about this.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have started to rebase, update and squash it appropriately,
>>>> including the patch for Michaels issue I posted earlier.
>>>> Once its all ready for pushing, I'll post my GitHub link for a final
>>>> review if anyone wants to, and otherwise push it in the next day or
>>>> two, so we finally get this done.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the repository, rebased and partially squashed:
>>> https://github.com/Nevcairiel/FFmpeg/tree/dca
>>>
>>> All individual steps build and pass FATE, version bump and Changelog
>>> entry in the commit with the new decoder.
>>
>> It doesn't really need a minor bump. It's not a "new" decoder that wasn't
>> available before. Just bump micro because of the avoption changes. This
>> change is completely transparent from an API PoV otherwise.
> 
> Suppose micro is fine as well.
> 
>>
>>>
>>> - Hendrik
>>
>> IMO, merge "avcodec/dca: add math helpers and fixed point DCT" into the
>> last patch. It's no different than the dsp patch you already squashed.
>>
> 
> The new synth filter functions depend on those (fixed point synth
> filter needs fixed point DCT), so its either squash those as well, or
> keep them split.
> 
> - Hendrik

Ah, i see. Ok, keep them split then. Thanks for merging and applying all
this.


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