[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Channel layouts

[Benjamin Larsson]

Peter Ross wrote:
>> permutation table to match the internal FFmpeg channel order. I'm not 
>> sure how well that would fit for most decoders. One other option would 
>> be to decode in codec native order and then pass a channel permutation 
>> table via some means. I'll look into what would work best with dca.
>>     
> If that is correct then all decoders and encoder need a channel order
>
> Why not perform the permutation inside the decoder?
>   

Ok, I looked at the dca code and it should be quite easy to support the 
native channel order idea there. It would simplify lots of stuff so I 
support that idea.

MvH
Benjamin Larsson