[Ffmpeg-devel] 640x480 iPod Baseline Low Complexity Profile

[Måns Rullgård]

V?ctor Paesa said:
> Hi,
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Op donderdag 21 september 2006 20:51, schreef M?ns Rullg?rd:
>>> [...]
>>> >>
>>> >> [K750i]
>>> >> b=192k
>>> >> s=220x176
>>> >> ar=64k
>>> >> vcodec=mpeg4
>>> >> acodec=aac
>>> >>
>>> >> [N770]
>>> >> b=800k
>>> >> s=320x192
>>> >> ar=128k
>>> >> vcodec=mpeg4
>>> >> acodec=mp3
>>>
>>> I despise that config file style.
>> I do not really care about that style, although I do despise the
>> thing that it reminds me off :)
>>
> Just something easy to parse/understand, no XML please.

I find XML even more despicable.

>>>[...]
>>> > Yes, I envisioned something similar to this.  I'm not sure if it's
>>> > better to have one file per profile or all in one file, probably a
>>> > matter of taste.
>>>
>>> One target per file is easier to parse, and makes it easier for users
>>> to add their own targets without worrying about merging changes when
>>> they upgrade.  Furthermore, it would eliminate quarrels about how to
>>> separate targets within the file.
>> I agree. The only thing I "worried" about, was that if many profiles
>> were to be used, the directory would contains possibly horrible amounts
>> of files. But, in fact, having one file with a huge amount of entries
>> aint that much better. And, there's no reason to disallow having subdirs
>> if it might ever become annoying (having to many files in a dir).
>>
> I'd rather have it in one single file, for pure taste reasons, I believe
> performance is irrelevant to decide on single vs. multiple files, unless
> someone is brave? enough to create hundreds of profiles, in which case
> the greater overhead of open() vs read() would favour the single file
> solution (specially on platforms cursed with antivirus).

We would only open the file containing the selected profile, so there should
only ever be a single open() call.  I obviously had in mind using the profile
name as the filename.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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