[MPlayer-dev-eng] [SURVEY] change mencoder's default ofilename extension?

Ismail Donmez ismail at uludag.org.tr
Sat Nov 26 00:51:07 CET 2005


Saturday 26 November 2005 01:43 tarihinde, Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet 
şunları yazmıştı: 
> Default output filename of mencoder is always test.avi
> regardles of the muxer been used. Without trying to step
> on a 'extension are/arent meaningles' flame, think about
> windows user/progs that rely on filename extension to make
> 'open-with' asociations, icons disposal, etc. it may even
> be some apps that rely only on the extension for filetype
> identification.
>
> My first idea was to choose proper extension based on
> MUXER_TYPE, problem is things get weird with MUXER_TYPE_LAVF
> , after spoken to ShadowJK he pointed out that maybe the
> best aproach (if any) is to remove the .avi extension on
> test.avi. been 'test' such a commonly used name we may
> choose to use something like mencoderoutput, mediaout,
> unamedstream, outfile, etc. attached patch uses 'outfile'.
>
> what do you think?
>
> Best regards
>
>    Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet
>
> ps: btw, this closes Bug #406

outfile.mencoder as default maybe?

Regards,
ismail




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