[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] do not set sample_fmt in lavf

[Kostya]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:35:10PM -0400, Justin Ruggles wrote:
> Justin Ruggles wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The libavcodec documentation for AVCodecContext.sample_fmt says:
> >      * - encoding: Set by user.
> >      * - decoding: Set by libavcodec.
> > 
> > There are 3 demuxers which are setting sample_fmt when they should not
> > (and don't need to).  For Smacker Audio, the decoder should be setting
> > it not the demuxer.
> > 
> > Patch attached.
> > 
> > -Justin
> 
> After a 2nd look, I think the Smacker decoder part was wrong.  New patch.

Smacker decoder part is wrong - 8-bit samples are decoded as
8-bit in it.
Simply moving that line from demuxer to decoder should be fine though.