[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 7/7] lavfi/buffersink: deprecate functions obsoleted by AV_BUFFERSINK_FLAG_PARAMS

[Nicolas George]

Anton Khirnov (12024-09-23):
> I fail to see

…

>		how that is a problem, since you need an allocated AVFrame
> to use the buffersink API anyway.

Not at the same point in code.

> Not to mention that even if one allocates a dedicated AVFrame for the
> parameters, the cost is trivial compared to actual filtering since it's
> typically only done once per filtergraph.

CPU time is not the only issue.

> On the other hand, the cost of a bloated symbol table is paid by
> everyone whether they use the functions or not.

Benchmark?

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