[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 000/279] New channel layout API

[Paul B Mahol]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 4:09 PM Nicolas George <george at nsup.org> wrote:

> Anton Khirnov (12021-12-08):
> > I have no idea what you mean, the CUSTOM order can have any channel at
> > any location. This was true in all versions of this API back to 2013.
>
> Ok, my memories were muddy, now I remember better: it is possible, but
> without (2) and (3) it is unusable: there is no point in having two LFE
> channels if the user cannot specify "the second one" or know which one
> is which.
>
> > Multiplexing multiple streams into a single AVFrame is not a valid use
> > case. Just use multiple streams.
>
> We get to decide what is a valid use case and what is not. And in this
> case, since the devices and filter I quoted already behave like that, I
> posit that it IS a valid use case. Therefore, this new API must be
> capable of handling them.
>

Flawed logic.

>
> Regards,
>
> --
>   Nicolas George
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