[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Allow QuickTime rawvideo tag in avi

[compn]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:22:40 +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 02:22:20PM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> compn <tempn <at> twmi.rr.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:10:35 +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> > >Hi!
>> > >
>> > >Apparently, it is possible to mux Apple codecs in avi with "MPEG Streamclip".
>> >
>> > its possible to mux all of these apple codecs from mov into avi with
>> > mencoder -ovc copy and ffmpeg -vcodec copy.
>>
>> Of course, the difference is imo that some (proprietary?) tool does it.
>>
>> > having seperate fourcc/isom lists is braindead. vlc and mplayer both have
>> > combined lists.
>>
>> I believe FFmpeg prefers not to produce files that only MPlayer (and vlc) can
>> play.
>
>that argument sounds a bit odd

this could also be solved by just checking the other list if
fourcc/isom is not found in the first list for that container. that way
it wouldnt affect it if the same fourcc is listed differently in both
lists.

>i think someone once said there where fourccs that differed in meaning
>between containers
>i cant name one though without checking ...

i dont remember seeing one. its possible of course.
examples would be nice if you have time.

-compn