[Ffmpeg-devel] [Ss][Nn][Oo][Ww] spelling^wbranding

[blibbler]

> This is a disadvantage because idiots are more likely to use random
> variants on the basic string, and then all player apps need to be
> updated to know about every single stupid variant someone uses.
> Fourccs have the advantage of being a fairly limited space without
> room for alternate spellings, misspellings, typos, etc.

Which is why there was only ever one fourcc used for DivX, and only
one for MPEG-4 codecs

oh wait...