On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, Phyllis Smith via Cin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Andrew, ok thank you. It does not look like ffmpeg 4.4 is going to make > it in this month. > I am going to create new AppImages tomorrow because of the gang bug which > is too serious and has no workaround. > no problems, I looked at bdwrite but it demands root and I am not yet root on this tablet. m2ts was created still... so, does this 'cut tail with ff 4.4 bug' exist for you in all resolutions/framerates as allowed by bd creation window? > > also added two old (1996/8) h263 codecs - it theory they should be good >> for low-cpu decoding (on emulated computers for example), but apparently >> h263 without 'p' only good at few pre-defined resolutions? >> > Did not even know h263 existed. I will test today since it is something I > can actually do! > >> >> sorry for not making progress on more important issues - I fiddled around >> with overlayframe.h - but I can't see my addons working? Either bug in code >> or I translated those blend modes wrongly.. >> > No problem, everyone should just work on what is fun and interesting for > them. This bug has workarounds > that are usable but tedious so we will have to tolerate that and it has > existed for a long time. > >> >> there also two ffmpeg-4.4 patches recently added to git - they apply with >> patch -p1 yet not with git apply patch (misformatted patch).. Adds avc >> intra 300/480 if compiled against last x264 (15 june 2021) >> > For some reason, I did not make the connection that the new x264 required > ffmpeg 4.4 and I tried to upgrade > to it yesterday. But IMPORTANT QUESTION, the "stable" version, which is > what we have always used in the past > is dated around June 13th. Would it not be better to continue that policy > instead of using June 15? See > attached and note the box in upper left hand corner saying "stable". > in theory stable should provide stable(ish) api, but I just wanted to see if I can make this feature (new avcintra modes) works here.. I think even ff-4.3 should be compatible with new x264, but w/o new features... of course you can check out stable branch of x264... and test with this/ff-4.3 instead... I just jump ahead of locomotive sometimes
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