[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Make ffmpeg -formats print codec long names

[Aurelien Jacobs]

Stefano Sabatini wrote:

> On date Tuesday 2008-05-13 18:38:30 +0200, Michael Niedermayer
> encoded:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 05:34:46PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 10:42:44PM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > > > On date Sunday 2008-05-11 21:58:01 +0200, Michael Niedermayer
> > > > encoded: [...]
> > > > > Ive no oppinion on this patch, if someone wants it he can
> > > > > apply just some thoughts ...
> > > > > does it fit in 80cols? did it previously? do we care?
> > > > 
> > > > Longest line of the Codecs section (with patch applied) is 79
> > > > cols, and no the bitstream filters list is way longer than 80
> > > > cols.
> > > 
> > > I like the patch and applied it.
> 
> Thanks, I needed this in this period of "bad karma" on this list ;-).
> 
> > > Stefano, note that some codecs still seem to lack long names
> > > (mdec and a lot of pcm/dpcm/adpcm codecs).  Time to get to work ;)
> > 
> > btw, IMHO all the long names should be under #ifndef CONFIG_SMALL

I also like this idea.

> If you confirm that I can provide such patch after the completion of
> all the missing long_names (the same should be done for consistency in
> libavformat).

Indeed, I think it can be done after the completion of all the missing
long_names.

And I guess you should use a macro to avoid adding 2 more lines
everywhere (#ifdef/#endif).

Aurel