Developers, kindly pay attention to this post...
On 01/31/2021 10:24 AM, Phil Rhodes via ffmpeg-user wrote:
On Sunday, 31 January 2021, 13:24:39 GMT, Rodney Baker
<[email protected]> wrote:
See man ffmpeg for detailed description of the options... > try typing "man ffmpeg" into a google
search and see what comes up... > http://manpages.org/ffmpeg...> Look for the section titled
"Generic Options". > There you'll find the detailed descriptions you're looking for.
ISSUE #1:
I did not get this reply from Rodney Baker. The list server apparently is not sending out all
messages to all user-ffmpeg subscribers. I've noticed this before but didn't 'say' anything.
Oh, right, yes, obviously. That's what I call first-order retrievability!
To the broader question:
Experts posting on this list frequently become irritated when people ask basic
questions. Well, actually, they tend to become almost comically abusive, but
that's another issue.
If these people want to field less basic questions, they should improve the
documentation.
If they don't want to improve the documentation, they should let someone else
do it. People have repeatedly offered.
Rejecting all of those options and returning to the abuse is not reasonable.
P
ISSUE #2:
ffmpeg -h says: "See man ffmpeg for detailed description of the options."
So I went into my Linux VM, submitted "man ffmpeg", and redirected it into a
text file.
'man ffmpeg' is as uninformative as 'ffmpeg -h' -- this is typical of 'man'
pages.
I had no idea 'http://manpages.org/ffmpeg' existed until I read Phil's response
to Rodney's reply.
Why is ffmpeg documentation so scattered?
Why is ffmpeg documentation so disorganized?
Why is ffmpeg documentation so vague?
Why is the English grammar in ffmpeg documentation so poor?
Regarding the wiki:
It is mostly just an empty shell.
Based on my experience with Wikipedia, /wiki.*/gi=='amateurish', /wiki.*/gi=='ad hoc',
/wiki.*/gi=='incomplete', /wiki.*/gi=='non authoritative', /wiki.*/gi=='untrustworthy',
/wiki.*/gi=='disinformation'.
Question: Why would any authoritative person contribute to a wiki? Answer: They
don't bother.
I've been running ffmpeg approximately 14 hours per day for over 1/2 year. I don't have a life
outside ffmpeg. (I haven't watched popular TV since 1983 and have no social life.) I'm 74 years old
and may not have much more time left (except I do take good care of myself).
I'm a university engineer. I know video. I know a little about ffmpeg. The stumbling block is ffmpeg
documentation.
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