[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/libx265: flag as experimental

[Kirithika Kalirathnam]

Hi all,

We would like to update that we have fixed the memory leaks and other
issues reported in x265 and will be releasing v4.1 this week.

*Thanks,*
*Kirithika*


On Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 3:08 PM Kirithika Kalirathnam <
kirithika at multicorewareinc.com> wrote:

> Hi all ,
>
> We understand your concern behind marking x265 as experimental but we
> wanted to let you know that our x265 development team is actively working
> on resolving multiple issues that have been brought to our notice so far
> through bitbucket issue tracker(including issue #482) and are planning to
> release v4.1 with all the fixes shortly. We are also continuously levelling
> up our tests to catch the issues beforehand and keep up code hygiene that
> we have maintained so far. Hence we request this forum to reconsider the
> decision for the benefit of several x265 users.
>
> *Thanks,*
> *Kirithika*
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 9:28 PM Zhao Zhili <quinkblack at foxmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> > 在 2024年10月17日，下午10:01，James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com> 写道：
>> >
>> > On 10/17/2024 10:49 AM, Timo Rothenpieler wrote:
>> >>> On 17/10/2024 11:22, Anton Khirnov wrote:
>> >>> Quoting Anton Khirnov (2023-03-15 15:45:25)
>> >>>> This encoder leaks and overreads, as can be seen e.g. by running an
>> >>>> encode under valgrind with default encoder parameters. This was known
>> >>>> upstream since at least 2019 (e.g. bitbucket issue #482) but never
>> fixed
>> >>>> until now.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Since upstream does not seem to practice basic code hygiene, make
>> sure
>> >>>> people do not use this encoder without knowing what they are getting
>> >>>> into.
>> >>>
>> >>> Ping.
>> >>>
>> >>> I still think this should be applied. The issues seem to have gotten
>> >>> worse, if anything, with recent ABI breakage.
>> >> I would second this, without something drastic like this, no attention
>> will be brought to the quite serious issues of that encoder.
>> >
>> > Ok.
>>
>> +1
>>
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