[FFmpeg-devel] Re: [PATCH] fftools/ffplay: migrate to SDL3

[Zhao Zhili via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

> On Jan 3, 2026, at 16:59, Marcin Serwin via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat Jan 3, 2026 at 8:12 AM CET, Gyan Doshi via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
>>>> Migrates the FFplay media player to the new SDL version using the
>>>> official tutorial at https://wiki.libsdl.org/SDL3/README-migration.
>>>> 
>>> I've also considered the issue of supporting SDL3. The challenge is
>>> how to maintain support for both SDL2 and SDL3 while avoiding a
>>> codebase cluttered with conditional compilation, which would be
>>> difficult to maintain.
>> 
>> Support for SDL1 was dropped on the same day as SDL2 support was added.
> 
> Most of the changes are renames so perhaps it could be possible to make
> a localized block with `#define`s to minimize the number of conditional
> compilation macros throughout the logic. That being said I hoped for doing it
> the same way as SDL 1->2 migration.
> 
>> What are the relevant improvements in SDL3 as far as current ffplay.c is
>> concerned?
> 
> This is mostly code hygiene as SDL3 has cleaner and more consistent API. I'm not
> aware of any functional changes between it and just using sdl2-compat.
> 
> One possible future improvement is utilizing the new GPU API to simplify the
> Vulkan renderer code. Or perhaps it can be removed entirely in favor of setting
> SDL_HINT_RENDER_DRIVER to "vulkan".

The ffplay vulkan renderer is focus on hardware decoding interoperation and better
colorspace support. I don't think SDL3 can replace it directly.

> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Marcin Serwin
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