[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v3 11/12] avcodec/libx264: add support for writing out CLL and MDCV

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 9:49 PM Andreas Rheinhardt <
andreas.rheinhardt at outlook.com> wrote:

> Actually, x264 allows to select only eight or ten bit bitdepth (or both)
> at configure-time. IIRC opening the encoder will fail if an eight-bit
> only libx264 is used when one tries to use a 10bit pixel format.
> (This is actually a regression since x264 version 153; with older
> versions the codec's advertised pixel formats actually match the really
> supported pixel formats.)
>

This changed a few years ago, x264 supports both bitdepths in a single
binary since 153 (hence why the codepath got updated like so)
-- 
Vittorio