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author | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2008-01-26 12:23:24 +0000 |
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committer | Diego Biurrun <diego@biurrun.de> | 2008-01-26 12:23:24 +0000 |
commit | 4f1ab3ceee9a4097ce045eca96c391b19625a423 (patch) | |
tree | ffdb44e4af21329e427abd03ae2e8d5a6412db1c /doc/faq.texi | |
parent | d485fed47ba0d26ad23af0f5e143d55e1db40189 (diff) | |
download | ffmpeg-4f1ab3ceee9a4097ce045eca96c391b19625a423.tar.gz |
Clarify some FAQ entries.
Originally committed as revision 11615 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk
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diff --git a/doc/faq.texi b/doc/faq.texi index 9dff3b0262..85a0915b9d 100644 --- a/doc/faq.texi +++ b/doc/faq.texi @@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ to Subversion HEAD". Because no one has taken on that task yet. FFmpeg development is driven by the tasks that are important to the individual developers. If there is a feature that is important to you, the best way to get -it implemented is to undertake the task yourself. +it implemented is to undertake the task yourself or sponsor a developer. @section FFmpeg does not support codec XXX. Can you include a Windows DLL loader to support it? -No. FFmpeg only supports open source codecs. Windows DLLs are not -portable, bloated and often slow. +No. Windows DLLs are not portable, bloated and often slow. +Moreover FFmpeg strives to support all codecs natively. +A DLL loader is not conducive to that goal. @section My bugreport/mail to ffmpeg-devel/user has not received any replies. @@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ Yes, (@url{http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.user}). @section I cannot read this file although this format seems to be supported by ffmpeg. -Even if ffmpeg can read the file format, it may not support all its +Even if ffmpeg can read the container format, it may not support all its codecs. Please consult the supported codec list in the ffmpeg documentation. @@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ if some MP3 codec like LAME is installed @section ffmpeg does not work; What is wrong? -Try a 'make distclean' in the ffmpeg source directory before the build. If this does not help see +Try a @code{make distclean} in the ffmpeg source directory before the build. If this does not help see (@url{http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.html}). @section How do I encode single pictures to movies? |