Render-Path building

[Ichthyostega]

Work out how to build an appropriate render path in the more general case. This includes to define the criteria to optimise for a „good“ processing path. Ideally this scheme could be expressed in rules or at least made configurable by rules. Note that this is also the attachment point for a knowledge based system to incorporate knowledge regarding viable conversions and adaptations during rendering.

Within this context, »render path« is defined as the precise sequence to apply data processing steps to produce output media frame(s). It starts from the decoder used, includes any copying, mapping and scaling steps, the applied effects, the point where it is joined with other side-chains of processing, possible conditioning for output and an encoder or transcoding applied before including into a media container. The effective render path can thus be a DAG (directed acyclic graph) in the general case.

[Undercover Agent]

Migration MasterTickets ⟼ Subtickets-plugin

[Ichthyostega]

Add subticket #1424 (Builder strategies).