[Ffmpeg-devel] [PATCH] VP6 to flv muxing

[Måns Rullgård]

Tim Allen <tim at proximity.com.au> writes:

> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Benjamin Larsson <banan at student.ltu.se> writes:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>>>if you add a byte during flv muxing, shouldnt you remove i during flv
>>>>demuxing?
>>>
>>>That could be done or define a new codec id and let that decoder handle
>>>the extra byte.
>> I don't like that idea at all.  If one container requires some extra
>> stuff, then it's the responsibility of the demuxer to deal with it.
>> It's unfortunate when this happens, but there is no other sensible way
>> to handle it.
>
> My suggestion, for what it's worth, is that the codec could be given
> the capability to do whatever strange things certain (de)muxers want
> it to do, depending on parameters, and then the (de)muxers decide for
> themselves whether to pass those parameters to the codec.

(De)muxers that require obscene things should keep those things to
themselves.  The codec should not be cluttered with such mess.

-- 
M?ns Rullg?rd
mru at inprovide.com