Re: [Mlt-devel] unbounded out

[Dan D. <da...@de...>]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Carl Karsten <ca...@pe...> wrote:
> What is the preferred way of representing "to the end" if I don't know
> the frame number?
>
> I was hoping that leaving it off would work, but that uses the "in" as
> the end, right?
> <entry id="clip" producer="producer2" in="500"  />

Yes, because 'out' is effectively 0 (mlt_properties_get_int("notset")
returns 0), which is the first frame. Then, it thinks you accidentally
swapped in/out. I should probably add some handling for in or out
being unset or set to -1.

> I could do some crazy hight value:
> <entry id="clip" producer="producer2" in="500" out="99999999" />
>
> Is that safe, or should I try to calculate the number of frames?

That is safe and what to use for now.

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