On 2/3/2020 10:23 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Am Di., 4. Feb. 2020 um 02:20 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com>:
>>
>> On 2/3/2020 10:03 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>>> Am So., 2. Feb. 2020 um 23:31 Uhr schrieb James Almer <jamr...@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> -{"export_mvs", "export motion vectors through frame side data", 0,
>>>> AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 = AV_CODEC_FLAG2_EXPORT_MVS}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX,
>>>> V|D, "flags2"},
>>>> +{"export_mvs", "export motion vectors through frame side data
>>>> (Deprecated, see export_side_data)", 0, AV_OPT_TYPE_CONST, {.i64 =
>>>> AV_CODEC_FLAG2_EXPORT_MVS}, INT_MIN, INT_MAX, V|D, "flags2"},
>>>
>>> Is there a technical reason why this functionality has to be updated
>>> every few years?
>
>> I was suggested to move the flag from flags2 to the new field, as it was
>> a better fit for it.
>
> In my understanding (not being a native speaker) this sentence implies
> that there (already) is another "field" that is more suitable for the
> feature, I believe this is not the case.
What i tried to say is that the new field i'm introducing,
export_side_data, is a more adequate place for the export_mvs
flag/functionality than the generic flags2 field.
>
>> It doesn't "have" to, but i guess based on your concern that this flag
>> had the bad luck of having been moved around before?
>
> Correct.
>
> In addition, I wonder how this - relatively simple - patch can block another
> one. I suggest the blocked patch gets committed first, then we discuss if
> this repeated movement of options makes any sense.
Sure, i can do that.
>
> Carl Eugen
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