[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3 00/18] Subtitle Filtering

[Soft Works]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> Nicolas George
> Sent: Saturday, 11 September 2021 11:28
> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> devel at ffmpeg.org>
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3 00/18] Subtitle Filtering
> 
> Soft Works (12021-09-11):
> > It's no longer quick and dirty. Please be specific and I'll try to
> > apply such changes.
> 
> Adding subtitles support must be done in a way that does not require
> all
> utility filters to be declined in a third variant: concat, showinfo,
> setts, split, etc., must be able to detect the type of their pads
> automatically.
> 
> This is a hard task, but it is absolutely necessary to avoid the code
> becoming an even worse mess.
> 

This is in no way a reason to block subtitle filtering. 

Once you're ready to do that - do it whenever you want in the 
future. It won't matter whether you'll need to cover 2 or 3 media
types in that future patch.

sw