[FFmpeg-devel] attribute_deprecated int avpicture_deinterlace ??

[Kieran Kunhya]

On 29 November 2013 13:53, Don Moir <donmoir at comcast.net> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kieran Kunhya" <kierank at obe.tv>
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> To: "FFmpeg development discussions and patches" <ffmpeg-devel at ffmpeg.org>
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> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] attribute_deprecated int avpicture_deinterlace
> ??
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>> On 29 November 2013 14:06, Don Moir <donmoir at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> deinterlacing is directly related to decoding in that you want a properly
>>> decoded image and not some effect.
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>> Not everybody wants progressive output from interlaced material.
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> Not everybody wants to use avfilter. Deinterlace is already an option but I
> don't think people generally want to watch stripes unless maybe they are
> high :) .

If you want the video in its original form use avcodec, if you want to
process the video later (e.g deinterlace) you use avfilter. It's not
complicated. I don't need to deinterlace, why do I need deinterlacing
bloating up libavutil?