[FFmpeg-devel] drawtext filter

[Paul B Mahol]

On 1/26/23, Francesco Carusi <klimklim at tiscali.it> wrote:
> The drawtext reinit command is also used in the docs as an example for
> the sendcmd filter, so I thought it was fine to use commands in that
> way. In my opinion it is also a convenient way to modify multiple
> options at the same time.
> Should the command match the name of a filter option instead?
>

Please do not top post.

It is much better to use already existing options for commands that is
more intuitive to users. Also multiple options can be set at runtime,
there is no such limitation.

>
> On 26/01/2023 11:50, Paul B Mahol wrote:
>> On 1/26/23, Francesco Carusi <klimklim at tiscali.it> wrote:
>>> Hi, I'm new to contributing to ffmpeg!
>>>
>>> I modified the drawtext filter to improve text rendering and add some
>>> features. You can find a high level description of the changes at this
>>> link:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/yethie/FFmpeg/blob/master/drawtext/CHANGES.md
>>>
>>> I'm also attaching the patch file.
>>> I looked for the filter maintainer to discuss about the changes I made
>>> but it looks like there isn't any, am I correct?
>>>
>>> Please let me know if this is the right way to submit my contribution.
>> Why filter can not support normal commands for options? Like most/all
>> other filters that have support for changing options values at
>> runtime.
>>
>> The reinit and yours added change option(s) are very
>> strange/inconvenient things to do.
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