[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] RFC: drop VDA

[Kirill Gavrilov]

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Clément Bœsch <u at pkh.me> wrote:

and unfortunately I can't test VDA (because OSX doesn't have it anymore).

Could you please add a comment where/when it has been removed?

I have tried to find any information about this but only found deprecation
since OS X El Capitan, but not removal:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/OSX_Technology_Overview/SystemFrameworks/SystemFrameworks.html

> VideoDecodeAcceleration.framework
>
> First available: 10.7
>
> Prefixes: VDA
>
> Deprecated in OS X v10.11. Use VideoToolbox.framework instead.
>

Not that I've bothered much about missing VDA in FFmpeg (it is too slow and
inflexible on my old MacBook anyway), just want to have clearer picture
about it.