[Bf-interface] Let's talk about video encoding again

[Sam Brubaker]

That's amazing, Julian! I did not know that Mike Pan had continued my
proposal.
I'm glad I was able to kick things off. At this point, everyone involved is
probably more qualified to work on this than I am, but if there's any any
for me to contribute further, please let me know.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Julian Eisel <eiseljulian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey there,
>
> Just wanted to mention that the Output/Encoding panel refactor (based
> on Mike's drafts) is still on my track. I would like to take some time
> to understand the encoding workflow a bit better which I wasn't able
> to find yet. So just in case anyone wonders what happend to it: I hope
> to get it done soon.
>
> Cheers,
> - Julian -
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:22 PM, Sam Brubaker <sam at worldsday.org> wrote:
> > Hi, Interface team! Since posting my proposal on how to fix Blender's
> output
> > encoding interface, I've received some helpful and interesting feedback.
> >
> > I like Mike Pan's suggestion about placing the container menu under the
> > output panel instead of the video encoding panel. I also agree that bit
> > rates should be expressed in kilobits or megabits instead of bits.
> >
> > Sobotka said some stuff about the encoding requirements of small studios
> > that was over my head, but it sounds great, too. I think it was mentioned
> > earlier, but I like the idea of narrowing the supported codecs to the
> most
> > useful intermediate codecs for studio pipelines, along with a few common
> > lossy codecs for dailies and lazy web posts.
> >
> > This proposal doesn't call for any major paradigm shifts, and it's not
> some
> > ground-breaking pinnacle of UI philosophy. I think it can be addressed
> as a
> > discrete component of Blender without interfering with the UI team's
> grander
> > machinations. Anything would be better than the existing panel layout.
> >
> > What else can you guys add to this discussion?
> >
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