[Ffmpeg-cvslog] CVS: ffmpeg/doc ffserver.conf,1.18,1.19

[The Wanderer]

Diego Biurrun wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 03:36:26PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>>Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:

>>> -# avi        : AVI format (open divx video, mpeg audio sound)
>>> +# avi        : AVI format (open DivX video, MPEG audio sound)
>> 
>> What does the "open" mean here? I seem to recall that there is/was
>> something known as OpenDivX, and it's possible that this is
>> intended to refer to that; if so, that form should probably be
>> used, and if not, the word "open" should probably be removed.
> 
> Yes.  I think it should simply be MPEG-4, right?

As far as I know that's what the constraint is, but I don't really know
the field very well. In any case OpenDivX, like DivX and XviD and their
ilk, certainly seems like it ought to be simple MPEG-4.

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