[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] avformat/mxf: support MCA audio information

[Tomas Härdin]

tis 2021-12-21 klockan 11:44 +0100 skrev Marc-Antoine ARNAUD:
> Le ven. 17 déc. 2021 à 19:12, Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> a écrit :
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 17 Dec 2021, Marc-Antoine ARNAUD wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Can I have an update on this patch submission ?
> > > Is something required to be done before it can be merged ?
> > 
> > New channel layout API is on its way, which makes in-demuxer
> > channel
> > reordering uneeded. Therefore the reordering option should not be
> > added
> > as it is in this patch. I can rework the patch after the channel
> > layout
> > API is in. (should happen in a couple of weeks at most).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Marton
> > 
> 
> So it will happen only after the release 5 of FFMpeg right ?
> 
> Is it possible to merge it, and we can rework it after the new API is
> released ?
> Patches are related to IMF (new format) patches, and if FFmpeg can
> accept
> IMF without MCA support it will generate a lot of errors in audio
> mapping.
> So even if it's not performant for now, is it possible to imagine to
> merge
> patches and rework after ?

I suspect this might create problems for the people writing the
reordering API

/Tomas