[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Fill unspecified AVCodec long_name fields

[Mike Melanson]

Alexander Strange wrote:
> On Apr 26, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
>>> --- libavcodec/rpza.c	(revision 12974)
>>> +++ libavcodec/rpza.c	(working copy)
>>> @@ -283,4 +283,5 @@
>>>     CODEC_CAP_DR1,
>>> +    .long_name = "Quicktime Video (RPZA)",
>> QuickTime video (RPZA)
>>
>> Are you sure this name is correct?
> 
> It's just called "Video" in QuickTime. I think RPZA stands for "Road  
> Pizza", but that's not really helpful either.

Indeed, 'rpza' is referred to in QuickTime as simply "Apple Video" (and
'rle ' is "Apple Animation" while 'smc ' is "Apple Graphics").

I have never seen any evidence that "Road Pizza" is an official name
rather than a joke.

-- 
	-Mike Melanson