[FFmpeg-cvslog] avformat/utils: inform the user if the protocol cannot be determined

[Michael Niedermayer]

ffmpeg | branch: master | Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> | Wed Jul 15 03:44:00 2015 +0200| [90dd6ad22cee78ef8d8de27e30839f99e69a7909] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

avformat/utils: inform the user if the protocol cannot be determined

Assuming the wrong protocol can lead to suboptimal seeking performance

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=90dd6ad22cee78ef8d8de27e30839f99e69a7909
---

 libavformat/utils.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libavformat/utils.c b/libavformat/utils.c
index 1690178..bcd3c52 100644
--- a/libavformat/utils.c
+++ b/libavformat/utils.c
@@ -1789,6 +1789,13 @@ void ff_configure_buffers_for_index(AVFormatContext *s, int64_t time_tolerance)
     //We could use URLProtocol flags here but as many user applications do not use URLProtocols this would be unreliable
     const char *proto = avio_find_protocol_name(s->filename);
 
+    if (!proto) {
+        av_log(s, AV_LOG_INFO,
+               "Protocol name not provided, cannot determine if input is local or "
+               "a network protocol, buffers and access patterns cannot be configured "
+               "optimally without knowing the protocol\n");
+    }
+
     if (proto && !(strcmp(proto, "file") && strcmp(proto, "pipe") && strcmp(proto, "cache")))
         return;