[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v7 4/4] doc/examples/transcode_aac: Bump date

[Gyan Doshi]

On 2022-05-02 01:49 pm, Andreas Unterweger wrote:
> On Mon, 2 May 2022 at 09:31, Andreas Unterweger<dustsigns at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Andreas Unterweger<dustsigns at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   doc/examples/transcode_aac.c | 2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
>> index 909aa1cb73..1b372782ab 100644
>> --- a/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
>> +++ b/doc/examples/transcode_aac.c
>> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>>   /*
>> - * Copyright (c) 2013-2018 Andreas Unterweger
>> + * Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Andreas Unterweger
>>    *
>>    * This file is part of FFmpeg.
>>    *
>> --
>> 2.30.2
>>
>>
> Patchwork is again not happy with this (newly rebased) patch and it
> does not give any comprehensive indication why. I've been trying to
> get this patch in since February with minimal feedback and I have
> neither got the time nor the patience to pursue this for another
> month.

The error is

error: patch fragment without header at line 6: @@ -675,18 +677,17 @@ static int encode_audio_frame(AVFrame *frame,


The patch on PW only shows the first two hunks.

Ideally, send your path using git send-email, or upload the mbox file 
generated by git format-patch.

Since you already got a LGTM, I can push once I get a valid 
master-rebased patch.


Regards,
Gyan


> Unfortunately, it seems that the documentation and examples of libav*
> are a very low priority. My repeated, mostly unanswered questions on
> IRC and on the FFmpeg user mailing list about how to access or build
> the documentation for any of the recent stable libav*/FFmpeg versions
> seem to support this. The most recent stable online libav*
> documentation is from 2018 (version 4.1); the build instructions for
> the documentation are insufficient and my questions about how to build
> the documentation without installing all dependencies have been
> effectively unanswered.
> All of the libav* are very complex already and it is next to
> impossible for beginners to get started without easily accessible
> documentation and up-to-date examples. I have been trying to keep the
> transcode_aac example up to date, but it seems like a futile effort.
> Please use or adapt this patch however you see fit. I will stay
> subscribed to this mailing list until the end of next week before
> moving on. Any further communication can be directed towards my e-mail
> address which is also in the transcode_aac header. I sincerely hope
> that libav*/FFmpeg will become more beginner-friendly again in the
> future.
>
> Best,
> Andreas
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