Ronald S. Bultje <rsbultje <at> gmail.com> writes: > > If this were all true, why don't you fork FFmpeg > > and show us how it's done better? > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductio_ad_absurdum
Sorry, I thought you would understand the joke (and that this was no argument) without any tags. (Particularly with the word following...) > > Seriously: No matter which fair I visit, the users > > always tell the same story. They liked avconv > > because it promised so many things that could be > > improved in FFmpeg and quickly switched, but in > > the end they had to switch back to FFmpeg: Not > > necessarily because of the bugs (they could > > backport the fixes) but because of the missing > > APIs (like VDPAU). > > > > I mean of course this all sounds incredibly > > promising and while I found it far too good to be > > true when you originally suggested it I couldn't > > know for sure - after all, you could have been > > right and succeed with the promises made. But why > > you are still suggesting the same thing after > > four years of undeniable proof that it is not > > working is beyond me... > > > > You're suggesting "Libav went down *because* they > tried to clean up the API", instead of "... > *despite* ...". You provide no evidence for this > distinction: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc I did mention the (library!) users who have told me so face-to-face. This is of course no proof (but evidence), the alternative explanation currently discussed (that it was only me black-mailing people) seems less likely though (although very flattering). > > I really don't understand why we don't spend > > the time fixing real (user-reported) issues > > instead of discussing how "clean" an api can > > be... > > Because the two are not mutually exclusive. I still believe that time is the limiting factor in FFmpeg development, your statement is not completely true therefore (unfortunately!). Carl Eugen _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel
