[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avfilter: add (a)separate filters

[Hendrik Leppkes]

On Sun, Aug 1, 2021 at 7:01 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:
>
> Paul B Mahol (12021-08-01):
> > Signed-off-by: Paul B Mahol <onemda at gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  doc/filters.texi         |  31 ++++
> >  libavfilter/Makefile     |   2 +
> >  libavfilter/allfilters.c |   2 +
> >  libavfilter/f_separate.c | 346 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 381 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 libavfilter/f_separate.c
>
> Did not review the code.
>
> Separate seems the wrong word: afaik, it is to be used when things of
> different nature have gotten mixed together.
>
> Split would be the best choice, and in line with mkvmerge options, but
> it is already used.
>
> Maybe timesplit. Or segment.
>

I agree that separate sounds like something that happens over the
entire timeline, maybe separating frequencies or whatever, but seems
off for time-based segmenting.

segment or timesplit both sound good to me.

- Hendrik