On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 03:02:47PM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Michael Niedermayer <mich...@niedermayer.cc > > wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 01:38:19PM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:12 PM, Michael Niedermayer > > <mich...@niedermayer.cc > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 11:52:16AM -0400, Ronald S. Bultje wrote: > > > > > --- > > > > > libavcodec/options_table.h | 2 ++ > > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > googling for > > > > ffmpeg "-ab" > > > > has 332.000 matches > > > > > > > > ffmpeg "-b:a" > > > > has 64.100 matches > > > > > > > > this patch is simply a bad idea > > > > > > > > > So, there's a few practical problems here. A) if we remove flag/mask from > > > the set_defaults calls (other patch in this set), the audio is also used > > > for the video ones (since we ignore media type), and thus we use (after > > > FF_API_OLD_AVOPTIONS is 0) the audio bitrate as default for video also. > > > That's bad, and causes some fate failures. We can workaround that by > > > inverting the ordering of these two, but then, the general one _always_ > > > (even before FF_API_OLD_AVOPTIONS=0) takes precedence over the audio one, > > > so all fate results without explicit bitrate change from ab=128k to > > > ab=200k. (I'm working around that by making each fate test set bitrate > > > explicit where relevant.) > > > > > > > > Alternate suggestion: I don't mind if -ab gets a workaround in ffmpeg.c, > > > but I'd like to remove it from the libav* code. > > > > ffserver seems to have "ab" hardcoded in > > ffserver_config.c > > this will need some change too, i dont know the code so i dont know > > what needs to be done / if a simple change to "b" is sufficient > > it seems to work with "b" better than with "ab" though after > > FF_API_OLD_AVOPTIONS=0) > > > This is done now, so are you now OK with this?
if people want to remove it and it doesnt break anything, yes ill add a workaround to ffmpeg.c so this doesnt break command lines which depend on the default audio bitrate [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Into a blind darkness they enter who follow after the Ignorance, they as if into a greater darkness enter who devote themselves to the Knowledge alone. -- Isha Upanishad
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