Hi all

libavdevice uses teh same ABI as libavformat so extending that ABI
without major bump leads to problems

input devices and input formats use the same struct
FFInputFormat

now you cant add a new field to that because the old libavdevice
would not have it and the newer libavformat would so things would
blow up.

The 2 solutions suggested where
1. merge libavdevice and libavformat
2. make libavdevice actually great again, aka a seperate API designed for devices
(3. maybe a bunch of flags checks version whatever can be used to make it work as is)

comments ?

Is anyone against "1. merge libavdevice and libavformat" ?
Is anyone volunteering for "2. make libavdevice actually great again, aka a seperate API designed for devices"

thx

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