[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avformat/flvdec: added support for KUX container

Moritz Barsnick barsnick at gmx.net
Tue Mar 26 13:28:27 EET 2019


On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:22:58 +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> > While trying to see if the proposed XV demuxer[1] can be simplified, I
> > tripped over the fact that this KUX patch introduces a new demuxer for
> > what looks like "only" a minor variant of FLV. Could the patch not just
> > as well extend the flv probe and the extension list?
>
> What would be the advantage?

Not exploding the list of supported formats by many minor subvariants.
(It seems KUX is 99% FLV, with a different header tag and an offset.)
I know it's a special example, but imagine "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2"
implemented as six separate formats, six separate probes, ...

Just my $0.02.

> Minor is what is usually done for a new demuxer.

Okay, I will do so for XV as well.

Thanks,
Moritz


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