On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM Mark Filipak <markfilipak.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/02/2024 11.30, Paul B Mahol wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 9:48 AM Mark Filipak <markfilipak.i...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > >> Does FFmpeg do any internal scripting or dynamic code building/linking? > > > > Please define what you mean by these concepts. > > Happy to, Paul. > > Internal scripting is when a task is built using a scripting language (or > pseudo language) that is > then run by submitting it to a built-in interpreter -- much as you script > a task in a terminal -- > except that the interpreter and the script aren't made or seen by the > user. I think that in video, > such an internal script is sometimes called a workflow but I'm unsure of > that. After the script has > been run, it's usually discarded. > > Dynamic, as opposed to static, means that execution changes based on > run-time conditions that > usually are not explicitly controlled by the user. It appears that FFmpeg > currently does not use any > dynamic code. Conditional logic alone does not make code dynamic. > > Code building is when existing code blocks, such as library functions, are > copied and linked. The > behavior is very much like internal scripting but with faster execution. > Code linking accomplishes > the same result but via code blocks that accept parameters and are > re-entrant. Dynamic code > building/linking means that the copying/linking happens at run-time based > on run-time conditions > that are not explicitly controlled by the user. > > Because they are run-time code structures, the dynamic stuff isn't suited > to streaming because > run-time in streaming means real-time. Dynamic is not well suited to > real-time processing. Running > an interpreter of any kind is not well suited to real-time, either. > > Even though I used the word "or" in my post, the use of any of the > architectural techniques can be > mixed. > I doubt anything above applies to FFmpeg, also I doubt it makes difference for real-time streaming. > > _______________________________________________ > ffmpeg-user mailing list > ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org > https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user > > To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email > ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe". > _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-user mailing list ffmpeg-user@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-user-requ...@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".