[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/3] avformat/mux: add a format flag which ensure parsed and standardized creation time

[Marton Balint]

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016, wm4 wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 02:11:00 +0100
> Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu> wrote:
>
>> This can be used for formats which write all format metadata as string to
>> files, therefore non-standard creation times such as 'now' will be parsed.
>> 
>> The standardized creation time is UTC ISO 8601 with microsecond precision.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Marton Balint <cus at passwd.hu>
>> ---

>> +#define AVFMT_NEED_PARSED_CREATION_TIME  0x80000 /**< Format needs pre-parsed standardized creation time */

> Wouldn't it be better to make this a function, and adding a function
> call to the muxers which need this, instead of adding yet another flag
> and adding that flag to the muxers?

Well, I am not sure, I have no strong argument for or against it. If that 
is what you and other people prefer, obviously I can change the patch.

Regards,
Marton