[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/2] Remove SDL2 output devices

[Anton Khirnov]

Quoting J. Dekker (2024-02-04 10:02:31)
> With the addition of threading in ffmpeg.c, the SDL2 devices no longer have the
> 'main' thread. This means that both the SDL2 and OpenGL output device are broken
> in master. Rather than attempting to fix it, they should be removed instead as
> there are better alternatives for debugging or viewing streams.
> 
> The 'pipe:' output can be used with a real video player such as mpv, vlc, or
> even ffplay. For cases where the user was an application using the API they
> should supply their own renderer.

I am in favor of this.

Even when they did "work", they were toys unsuitable for any serious
use.

-- 
Anton Khirnov