[FFmpeg-trac] #8587(ffmpeg:new): Background color is black instead of default background color

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#8587: Background color is black instead of default background color
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             Reporter:  Kerndog73  |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new        |                 Priority:  minor
            Component:  ffmpeg     |                  Version:  4.2
             Keywords:             |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:             |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0          |
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 The following snippet has a black background color. It stands out as wrong
 in the output of the ffmpeg command-line tool.

 {{{
 [libx264 @ 0x7fddb3011a00]
 }}}

 All other text in the output has the default background color but this
 snippet has a black background color. '''The background color of the
 terminal is not necessarily black.''' It might be gray or some other
 color.

 To be clear:

 {{{
 Black   background  "\x1B[40m"
 Default background  "\x1B[49m"
 }}}

 `"\x1B[49m"` should be used instead of `"\x1B[40m"`.

 I believe that the snippet is produced whenever the H.264 codec is used.
 The snippet also has a cyan foreground color so it stands out as the only
 colored text in the log. I don't have a problem with the foreground color
 but as I've already said, the background color stands out as very wrong.

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 Upon checking the version I was using, I found another instance of this
 issue.

 {{{
 ffmpeg --version
 }}}

 I realise that I should use a single dash but the error message that I got
 had a black background color.

 {{{
 Unrecognized option '-version'.
 Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
 }}}

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/AwcCmhl.png)]]

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 An even shorter way to reproduce this issue is invoke ffmpeg without an
 arguments

 {{{
 ffmpeg
 }}}

 The message at the end of the log has a black background color.

 {{{
 Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'
 }}}

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 To summarise, there are some instances where `"\x1B[40m"` is being used
 when `"\x1B[49m"` would be more appropriate.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8587>
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