[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] configure: rename cuda to ffnvcodec

Compn tempn at mi.rr.com
Sun Mar 4 21:15:41 EET 2018


On Sat,  3 Mar 2018 22:39:45 +0100, Timo Rothenpieler
<timo at rothenpieler.org> wrote:

> Right now, if someone configures ffmpeg with for example --enable-nvenc they will
> get an error message complaining about missing cuda.
> This is very confusing and already has lead people into installing the CUDA SDK,
> even though it's not what they need.
> 
> This will make it complain about ffnvcodec instead.

i'm not objecting.

but if you put a error message that explains what a person needs when
it errors , that might also be a good idea (and it would also only be
a one or two line change).

-compn


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