[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] PC Paintbrush PCX decoder

[Ivo]

On Tuesday 25 December 2007 16:31, Christian Iversen wrote:
> Ivo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here's a decoder for PC Paintbrush PCX files.
>
> Cool, I haven't seen those since cutting my teeth on hacking graphics
> apps in DirectX 3.0. I know they're much older, but that's the first
> time I was old enough to be aware of them.
>
> Brings back memories :-)

Yeah, it's a pretty old file format :)  But I think it would be a Good Thing 
if ffmpeg supported as many file formats as possible. Writing to old 
formats is probably not that useful, but even years from now, being able to 
read and convert them can be very helpful.

--Ivo