[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] urlconcat protocol

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Saturday 2010-02-06 21:36:03 +0100, Michele Orr? encoded:
> > I don't like it very much, an url/uri is an identifier/locator of a
> > resource (which can be retrieved using some protocol, yes a normal
> > file can be identified by the url "file:/FILE"), what the protocol
> > allows to concatenate is the physical content of the resources
> > referenced by the urls, so I continue to prefer "concat" / "cat"
> > as names.
> >
> > The term "url" in urlconcat is misleading, there is nothing special
> > about urls in this protocol as all the files/streams in ffmpeg are
> > referenced using uris (e.g. ffplay file:/in.avi).
> >
> > Also having the name of the protocol equal to the prefix used
> > (e.g. concat protocol -> "concat:") would be nice as this is what
> > happens for all the other supported protocols.
> >
> >
> Choose the patch you prefer. The previous uses "urlconcat", this one
> instead "concat".

Thanks, no more objections from me.

Michael, OK to apply?

Regards.
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