[MPlayer-cygwin] mpeg4 with MPlayer v1.0pre7 source

[Joey Parrish]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 02:29:43AM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 06:24:48PM -0500, Joey Parrish wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:55:39PM +0200, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> > > 
> > > FFmpeg changed the default fourcc for MPEG-4 to FMP4.  I think the
> > > option to control this is -ffourcc.
> > 
> > By the way, I
> > do not understand this change in lavc.  It's been a big pain for me,
> > especially when an old MPlayer binary quits playing a file encoded with
> > a new MEncoder.  I'm not trying to flame.  I'm sure there's some reason
> > for it.  But it's never been explained to my satisfaction.
> 
> It's a short-term pain vs long-term gain thing.  Unfortunately we're
> still in the short term :-/

Sure, but what exactly is the long-term gain?  I don't recall reading
anything about the benefits.

--Joey

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