[FFmpeg-devel] FFmpeg 3.3

[Tobias Rapp]

On 25.01.2017 11:59, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> 2017-01-25 11:47 GMT+01:00 Tobias Rapp <t.rapp at noa-archive.com>:
>> On 25.01.2017 11:23, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>>>
>>> 2017-01-25 9:40 GMT+01:00 Tobias Rapp <t.rapp at noa-archive.com>:
>>>
>>>> If not already done, please backport commit
>>>> http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=6d579d7c
>>>
>>> This doesn't look as if it fixes a regression, does it?
>>
>> It fixes the scenario where you create an AVI file > 256GiB
>> with FFmpeg and then try to read it back. Versions after
>> commit bbcc09518e0d1efc189a43ff0120c1a31f51c802
>> and without the fix will produce a longer video stream.
>
> So it does not fix a regression?
> In this case, I suggest not to backport the patch.

Not sure about your definition of "regression". The given scenario works 
for FFmpeg <= 2.6 but fails with versions between 2.7 and 3.2.

Besides, I'd think the fix is low on side effect risks. What are your 
concerns?

Regards,
Tobias