[Bf-committers] FFMPEG UI is bad

[Gustav Göransson]

It's confusing indeed. However most uses don't have a clue what FFMPEG
is, which makes it confusing to only have FFMPEG. An alternative might
be to merge the encoding and the output panel and have all file format
in the same list...

/gustav

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:43, Thomas Dinges <dingto at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hey,
> today I looked at the FFMPEG buttons again and I have to say, that I
> find the workflow very bad.
> Scene Buttons:
> -You can select between H.264, XVID, MPEG and Ogg Theora in the menu in
> the Output Panel.
> -Now you get a new Panel, called "Encoding", where we have Presets, and
> the 2 menus Format and Codec.
>
> Anyone can still follow me? ;-)
>
> What is bad:
> -The user can change things in the Encoding Panel, so the selected
> format in the "Output" Panel has nothing todo anymore with what is set
> in "Encoding" This is very confusing.
>
> What would make it better: Get Rid of the H.264, Xvid entries in the
> Output Panel. Just have FFMPEG.
> So the User selects that,
> and then he can either chose a Preset in the Encoding Panel or select
> the container/codec himself and optionally add that to the presets.
> This is a clear way in my oppinion.
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
>
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