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doc/faq: explain why -sameq is gone.

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@ -385,6 +385,20 @@ The size of the initial scan is controlled by two options: @code{probesize}
(default ~5 Mo) and @code{analyzeduration} (default 5,000,000 µs = 5 s). For
the subtitle stream to be detected, both values must be large enough.
@section Where did the @option{-sameq} option go?
The @option{-sameq} option meant "same quantizer", and made sense only in a
very limited set of cases. Unfortunately, a lot of people mistook it for
"same quality" and used it in places where it did not make sense: it had
roughly the expected visible effect, but achieved it in a very inefficient
way.
Each encoder has its own set of options to set the quality-vs-size balance,
use the options for the encoder you are using to set the quality level to a
point acceptable for your tastes. The most common options to do that are
@option{-qscale} and @option{-qmax}, but you should peruse the documentation
of the encoder you chose.
@chapter Development
@section Are there examples illustrating how to use the FFmpeg libraries, particularly libavcodec and libavformat?