On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:50:45PM +0200, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > 2017-10-02 23:18 GMT+02:00 Leo Izen <leo.i...@gmail.com>: > > On 09/28/2017 04:51 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 07:14:50PM -0400, Leo Izen wrote: > > >>> - .video_codec = AV_CODEC_ID_MPEG4, > >>> + .video_codec = AV_CODEC_ID_FFV1, > >>> .write_header = nut_write_header, > >>> .write_packet = nut_write_packet, > >>> .write_trailer = nut_write_trailer, > >> > >> Why? > >> > >> also this breaks existing code and command lines > >> which expect mpeg4 as default > > > > This was a patch I submitted as suggested by Mark > > Thompson on IRC, 2017-09-27: > > > > [18:47:51] <thebombzen> while we're on automatic order, for NUT, > > mpeg4 gets picked by default rather than ffv1 > > (The irc paste imo contradicts your claim above) > > I don't think ffv1 is a useful default video encoder for nut.
yes ffv1 is a great choice as default for lossless encoding. but if lossless is not the goal then a lossless codec is not a good default. [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. -- Plato
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