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+ +A mailing list is not much different than emailing someone, but the +main difference is that your message is received by everyone who +subscribes to the list. It is somewhat like a forum but in email form. +
+See the ffmpeg-user archives +for examples. +
+ +ffmpeg
, ffprobe
, ffplay
).
+
+To report a bug see https://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.html. +
+We cannot provide help for scripts and/or third-party tools. +
+ +First you must subscribe. Then all you have to do is +send an email: +
+Email ffmpeg-user-request@ffmpeg.org with the subject +subscribe. +
+Or visit the ffmpeg-user mailing list info page +and refer to the Subscribing to ffmpeg-user section. +
+The process is the same for the other mailing lists. +
+ +Email ffmpeg-user-request@ffmpeg.org with subject unsubscribe. +
+Or visit the ffmpeg-user mailing list info page, +scroll to bottom of page, enter your email address in the box, and click +the Unsubscribe or edit options button. +
+The process is the same for the other mailing lists. +
+Please avoid asking a mailing list admin to unsubscribe you unless you +are absolutely unable to do so by yourself. See Who do I contact if I have a problem with the mailing list? +
+Note that it is possible to temporarily halt message delivery (vacation mode). +See How do I disable mail delivery without unsubscribing? +
+ +Some messages are automatically held in the moderation queue and +must be manually approved by a mailing list admin: +
+These are: +
+The queue is not checked on a regular basis. You can ask on the +#ffmpeg-devel IRC channel on Libera Chat for someone to approve your message. +
+ +You should have received an email with the subject Your message to <mailing list name> awaits moderator approval. +A link is in the message that will allow you to delete your message +unless a mailing list admin already approved or rejected it. +
+ +See the Archives section on the FFmpeg Contact +page for links to all FFmpeg mailing list archives. +
+Note that the archives are split by month. Discussions that span +several months will be split into separate months in the archives. +
+ +Click the email link at the top of the message just under the subject +title. The link will provide the proper headers to keep the message +within the thread. +
+Note that you must be subscribed to send a message to the ffmpeg-user or +libav-user mailing lists. +
+ +Perform a site search using your favorite search engine. Example: +
+site:lists.ffmpeg.org/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/ "search term" +
+ +You can ask for help in the official #ffmpeg IRC channel on Libera Chat. +
+Some users prefer the third-party Nabble +interface which presents the mailing lists in a typical forum layout. +
+There are also numerous third-party help sites such as +Super User and +r/ffmpeg on reddit. +
+ +See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Top-posting. +
+Instead, use trimmed interleaved/inline replies (example). +
+ +The message size limit is 1000 kilobytes. Please provide links to larger files +instead of attaching them. +
+ +Anywhere that is not too annoying for us to use. +
+Google Drive and Dropbox are acceptable if you need a file host, and +0x0.st is good for files under 256 MiB. +
+Small, short samples are preferred if possible. +
+ +Highly unlikely. +
+However, you may see a spam in the mailing lists on rare occasions: +
+Use the List-Id. For example, the ffmpeg-user mailing list is +ffmpeg-user.ffmpeg.org. You can view the List-Id in the raw message +or headers. +
+You can then filter the mailing list messages to their own folder. +
+ +Sometimes you may want to temporarily stop receiving all mailing list +messages. This "vacation mode" is simple to do: +
+Alternatively, from your subscribed address, send a message to ffmpeg-user-request@ffmpeg.org +with the subject set delivery off. To re-enable mail delivery send a +message to ffmpeg-user-request@ffmpeg.org with the subject +set delivery on. +
+ +This is due to subscribers that use an email service with a DMARC reject policy +which adds difficulties to mailing list operators. +
+The mailing list must re-write (munge) the From: header for such users; +otherwise their email service will reject and bounce the message resulting in +automatic unsubscribing from the mailing list. +
+When sending a message these users will see via <mailing list name> +added to their name and the From: address munged to the address of +the particular mailing list. +
+If you want to avoid this then please use a different email service. +
+Note that ffmpeg-devel does not apply any munging as it causes issues with +patch authorship. As a result users with an email service with a DMARC reject +policy may be automatically unsubscribed due to rejected and bounced messages. +
+ +There may seem to be many things to remember, but we want to help and +following these guidelines will allow you to get answers more quickly +and help avoid getting ignored. +
+ffmpeg
command and the
+complete, uncut console output from your command.
+
+ffmpeg
build you can get. See the FFmpeg Download
+page for links to recent builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Or
+compile from the current git master branch.
+
+-loglevel debug
, -loglevel quiet
, and
+-hide_banner
options unless requested to do so.
+
+Some email providers have blacklists or spam filters that block or mark +the mailing list messages as false positives. Unfortunately, the user is +often not aware of this and is often out of their control. +
+When possible we attempt to notify the provider to be removed from the +blacklists or filters. +
+ +Excluding messages that are held in the moderation queue +there are a few other reasons why your messages may fail to appear: +
+Users with an email service that has a DMARC reject or quarantine policy may be +automatically unsubscribed from the ffmpeg-devel mailing list due to the mailing +list messages being continuously rejected and bounced back. +
+Consider using a different email service. +
+ +Send a message to ffmpeg-user-owner@ffmpeg.org. +
++ This document was generated using makeinfo. +
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