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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 08:30:42PM -0500, Joey Parrish wrote:
> 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.

FFmpeg supports features that DivX doesn't, when these features get
used, normal DivX players will fail.  In short, compatibility with DivX
is an illusion best shattered early.  At least that's how I understood
it.

Diego