There is a controversy regarding badp's What is the simplest way to re-encode Fraps recordings to something more sensible? question, as evident both in that question's comments and in chat room created explicitly for that question.

As there appears to be no conclusion reached in chat, this meta-discussion is an attempt to allow people voice their final opinion on that question, and to let the community at large vote on what approach should be chosen.

The question here is is this question on-topic or off-topic, and why.