[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH][RFC] avcodec/avutil: Add timeline side data
Derek Buitenhuis
derek.buitenhuis at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 21:51:26 EEST 2018
On 3/28/2018 7:47 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
> Derek Buitenhuis (2018-03-28):
>> Do you have an actual suggest though?
>
> Maybe not using a badly designed API that requires everything to be
> stored in a serialized uint8_t array.
Isn't this the same as saying "don't use the existing side data APIs at all"?
Do you expect me to design a whole new side data API first?
>> Afaict, this is exactly how the recently
>> pushed encryption support works with AVSubsampleEncryptionInfo entries in the
>> AVEncryptionInfo struct. is this now not acceptable, even though we pushed
>> that a few days ago after months of review?
>
> It just means that these months of review failed to see that flaw. Let
> us hope we will not need to extend AVSubsampleEncryptionInfo.
I guess the only consistent thing about FFmpeg APIs is that they are
inconsistent.
I am still open to a different propose solution.
- Derek
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