[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [MP] [PATCH] making xvid options lavc compatible

[Matthias Wieser]

Am Dienstag, 28. September 2004 07:07 schrieb Vladimir Mosgalin:
> On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
>
> DRM>I wanted to test lavc vs xvid encoding of some anime and used a
> script to DRM>automate things and use the largest possible common
> subset of encoding DRM>options. To my annoyance, I discovered that
> DRM>1. many options have slightly different names, even though they
> mean DRM>   exactly the same
>
> But you are breaking scripts that are already written! IMHO if you have
> troubles with your script you should work around them.

* old options stay unmodified but print out "[...] deprecated [...] will 
be removed [date] [...]!"
+ Add renamed options
+ After some time remove old options.

Only a suggestion...

       Matthias