[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavfi: add quirc filter

[James Almer]

On 12/26/2023 10:25 PM, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Tuesday 2023-12-26 17:20:33 +0100, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
>> ---
>>   Changelog                |   1 +
>>   configure                |   4 +
>>   doc/filters.texi         |  35 ++++++++
>>   libavfilter/Makefile     |   1 +
>>   libavfilter/allfilters.c |   1 +
>>   libavfilter/vf_quirc.c   | 183 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   6 files changed, 225 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 libavfilter/vf_quirc.c
> 
> V2 with a few fixes and all corners put in the metadata (e.g. in case
> the QR code is rotated).

Looking at the library, the license is very permissive and the code 
hasn't been touched in many years. It is also pretty small, so why not 
just add it as a native filter instead of requiring an external 
dependency for what seems to be a relatively simple process?