[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] lavc/rawdec: Remove monowhite switching code for 1 bpp AVI without a palette

[Mats Peterson]

On 02/06/2016 05:05 AM, Mats Peterson wrote:
> This patch removes the monowhite switching code for 1 bpp raw AVI
> without a palette. I don't see any reason to keep it, since it's
> semantically incorrect to use monowhite for palettized data in my book,
> it adds unnecessary noise to the code, and it's inconsistent with the
> rest of the code in FFmpeg.
>
> Regarding not being able to produce a working nut file with "ffmpeg -i
> in.avi -vcodec rawvideo out.nut", it's no more of a regression than not
> being able to produce a working nut file with the same command line from
> a 2, 4 or 8 bpp file, since nut currently doesn't have a pal8 mode.
>
> In order to produce a working nut file from a 1, 2, 4 or 8 bpp AVI or
> QuickTime file, force the pixel format with "-pix_fmt rgb24" or similar.
> For black & white files in order to save space, use "-pix_fmt monow" or
> "-pix_fmt monob".
>
> I have also updated the 1 bpp FATE test files (once again).
>
> Mats
>

And I deliberately kept the pal8 placeholders for the future in case you 
wonder, Michael.

Mats