On Mon, 18 Jan 2021 23:37:09 +0000, you wrote: >On 16/01/2021 22:12, Nicolas Caramelli wrote: >> This patch adds KMS/DRM output device for rendering a video stream >> using KMS/DRM dumb buffer. >> The proposed implementation is very basic, only bgr0 pixel format is >> currently supported (the most common format with KMS/DRM). >> To enable this output device you need to configure FFmpeg with >> --enable-libdrm. >> Example: ffmpeg -re -i INPUT -pix_fmt bgr0 -f kmsdumb /dev/dri/card0 > >If you want to render things to a normal display device why not use a normal >video player? Or even ffplay? > >IMO something like this would be of more value as a simple video player >example with the documentation rather than including it as weirdly constrained >library code which will see very little use. > >(Note that I would argue against adding more general display output devices >which are already present, like fb and xv, because they are of essentially no >value to libavdevice users. Removing legacy code is harder, though.)
I take your point but I personally have found it very useful to have simple display devices on the output of ffmpeg for testing purposes. Though I guess that if I want that then the device should be bundled with the application rather than in a library. John Cox _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
