[FFmpeg-user] Why does the 'detelecine' filter exist?

[Paul B Mahol]

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM Carl Zwanzig <cpz at tuunq.com> wrote:

> On 5/28/2025 9:33 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
> > On 29/05/2025 00.26, Carl Zwanzig wrote:
> >> On 5/28/2025 2:37 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
> >>>>>> There are probably extremely few instances where a name would
> >>>>>> rationally
> >>>>> be reused;
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Name even a single such instance, Carl. Name reuse to a better filter
> >>>>> could be covered by the
> >>>>> documentation.
> >>>> Your mission is failed.
> >>> My challenge was to Carl.
> >> Nope, it's your assertion (to reuse), you defend it.
> > I have nothing to defend.
>
> Then your assertions are without merit.
>
> >> Experience tells us that name reuse for different functionality does
> >> not end well.
> > What about for the same functionality? as is the case here.
> (That was not stated in the original, the opposite was implied.)
>
> Then it's not reusing the name, is it? (It is not.) If you reimpliment a
> feature/function from scratch but with similar options and a similar
> goal, it would usually make sense to use the same name and _document_
> any differences from the previous implementation. (This is standard
> software practice, has been for years.)
>
> OTOH if you use the same name for a completely different operation, you
> end up with a lot of annoyed users.
>
>
> >> As for "it ought to be documented", then get with it;
> > How?
>
> That was in the same paragraph as your excerpt.
>
> >> ffmpeg is open source- you can download the source, make patches,
> > Get serious.
>
> I was and am quite serious, why do you think otherwise? _You_ are the
> one who wants doc changes but appear unwilling to even lift a finger to
> help with that. Heck, you don't even make suggestions of what text to
> change or what they should say.
>

This!


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