[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include show-graph wrapper script in build output

[softworkz .]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kieran Kunhya <kieran618 at googlemail.com>
> Sent: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025 23:14
> To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> devel at ffmpeg.org>
> Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include
> show-graph wrapper script in build output
> 
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM softworkz .
> <softworkz-at-hotmail.com at ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel-bounces at ffmpeg.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Marton Balint
> > > Sent: Mittwoch, 11. Juni 2025 21:18
> > > To: FFmpeg development discussions and patches <ffmpeg-
> > > devel at ffmpeg.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] tools/ffmpeg-sg: Include
> > > show-graph wrapper script in build output
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, 9 Jun 2025, softworkz wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: softworkz <softworkz at hotmail.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > .gitignore       |  1 +
> > > > fftools/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++--
> > > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
> > > > index 59c89da5e0..989c702b6c 100644
> > > > --- a/.gitignore
> > > > +++ b/.gitignore
> > > > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
> > > > /.config
> > > > /.version
> > > > /ffmpeg
> > > > +/ffmpeg-sg
> > >


> Should we have a script to run ffplay after a user has encoded a file
> as well?
> 
> Kieran
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The difference to this - as far as I'm seeing it - is that that the 
execution graph display is of a very different nature: It is (at least
logically) not an output of FFmpeg like a produced media file. It 
rather provides insights into FFmpeg's own operations - to the operator
and not to the client/consumer of the output.
It could even be seen as a kind of (passive) UI - for monitoring and
diagnosis, which is something very different from launching a generated 
video file.

And regarding the latter - don't we have those output devices, where 
you just need to add a few letters to the command line to "launch" 
a video window that is showing the output?

Best regards,
sw