[MPlayer-dev-eng] Demuxer type for http streams

[Nico Sabbi]

Evgeniy Stepanov wrote:

>Hi,
>
>currently, for http streams with mime type "application/octet-stream" ASF 
>demuxer is forced. However, they can contain much more than that. For 
>example, VLC uses this mime type for almost every container, including 
>MPEG-PS. Mplayer fails to play such streams without -demuxer option.
>
>DEMUXER_TYPE_UNKNOWN seems a better choice to me.
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Index: stream/network.c
>===================================================================
>--- stream/network.c	(revision 19831)
>+++ stream/network.c	(working copy)
>@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
> 	{ "video/x-ms-wma", DEMUXER_TYPE_ASF },
> 	{ "application/x-mms-framed", DEMUXER_TYPE_ASF },
> 	{ "application/vnd.ms.wms-hdr.asfv1", DEMUXER_TYPE_ASF },
>-	{ "application/octet-stream", DEMUXER_TYPE_ASF },
>+	{ "application/octet-stream", DEMUXER_TYPE_UNKNOWN },
> 	// Playlists
> 	{ "video/x-ms-wmx", DEMUXER_TYPE_PLAYLIST },
> 	{ "audio/x-scpls", DEMUXER_TYPE_PLAYLIST },
>  
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  
>

I agree 100%