Re: [FFmpeg-devel] RFC: opinions on making fftools work like a library

[Lynne <dev@lynne.ee>]

Mar 3, 2023, 11:15 by quinkblack@foxmail.com:

> I'd like to know what do you think about making fftools work like a
> library, like what ffmpeg-kit already did, but with built-in support.
>
> https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit
>
>  FFmpegKit is a collection of tools to use FFmpeg in Android, iOS,
>  Linux, macOS, tvOS, Flutter and React Native applications.
>
>  It includes scripts to build FFmpeg native libraries, a wrapper
>  library to run FFmpeg/FFprobe commands in applications and 8
>  prebuilt binary packages available at Github, Maven Central,
>  CocoaPods, pub and npm.
>
> Pro:
> 1. It can be used for testing on mobile devices.
> 2. It can be used directly to do useful work.
> 3. It can combine some work from projects like ffmpeg-kit to extend the
> funtion.
>
> Cons:
> 1. It makes things complicated.
> 2. It's hard to support mobile devices.
>
> Welcome to comments. I want to know is it:
>
> a. Absolutely no! It's not fftools supported to do.
> b. Doesn't matter/Don't care.
> c. I like the idea, (but...)
>

No. A high-level wrapper is a much better idea than formalizing CLI syntax.
And there are plenty of wrappers already.
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