2016-10-11 8:30 GMT+08:00 Alexey Eromenko <al4...@gmail.com>: > > Hello, > > > > sorry you feel this way, but looking at your bug report do you seem to > have > > a misunderstand regarding who is responsible for which bugs. You state > that > > it's Apple's decoder that cannot play the videos. And at the same time do > > you state VLC does play them. VLC uses ffmpeg's libraries so it obviously > > works with ffmpeg, just not with Apple's decoder. Further more do you > state > > that the videos were created with libx264, which if it was the source of > > your problem, is also not part of ffmpeg but only an external library and > > has its own project. In short, you have no case. > > > > You first need to accept that the problem is very likely with the Apple > > decoder. Just because you cannot find anyone at Apple to listen to your > > problem doesn't mean you can shove it onto ffmpeg. You have also reopened > > the bug report several times, which suggest a certain stubbornness in > > accepting these facts. You then have to provide evidence of this being an > > ffmpeg bug, and you have so far only provided evidence against it. > Cehoyos's > > responses were also quite clear and not unfriendly at all, because he > told > > you how to solve your problem. > > > > I suggest that you change your stance in this matter and stop acting like > > Cehoyos would owe you an apology. > > > > User problems are handled here on this maling list and not on the bug > > tracker. Or do you disagree? > > > > It well may be an Apple bug, but since I can't find anyone at Apple to > fix it, I think fixing it in the encoder is way simpler, and it is the > way to go. Especially because it's open-source and because Apple > players are popular. > > Discovering after-the-fact that some of my videos are incompatible > with Apple decoders is a no-no, and a total shock for me. And no > documentation on such fundamental issues _AT ALL_. Even the workaround > parameter he suggested is not documented either. > > Like I know for sure that a BMP file is a Bitmap and is displayed > correctly every time, on all computers and operating systems, and MP3 > file is an audio file, and is played back correctly every time, on all > supported platforms, I expect the same from MP4 video file -- it must > be played perfectly on all supported platforms, and since those > poipular decoders are well-known, the encoder can target their > limitations too. > > For ffmpeg developers fixing this bug maybe simple, just parsing the > container tags properly, and yes, testing resulting MP4 files with the > popular media players is super-critical; This means at least Windows > (Windows Media Player and VLC), Android (Google Nexus and Samsung > Galaxy) and Apple (iOS + Mac OS). Perhaps not for every minor release, > but for major releases QA is a must-have. > > I can do some of the testing myself, being a QA guy, I'm capable of > this task, but when there is a severe and critical issue, alarms must > be sounded. It's my duty. (+I can add testing on Chromebook and Debian > Linux and other platforms) > > -- > -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" >
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