[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] prefer lavf demuxer for Matroska files over the native one

[Uoti Urpala]

On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 20:23 +0300, Evgeniy Stepanov wrote:
> it seems that now, finally, lavf mkv demuxer is better than demux_mkv in every 
> aspect. Except for the flood of info messages at the beginning :) So, I 
> suggest that we add matroska to demux_lavf's preferred list.

How much have you tested it? The lavf demuxer has been tested much less
by users. Is there anything the lavf demuxer would do objectively better
than demux_mkv? IMO demux_mkv is one of the well working demuxers and
there's no hurry to switch away from it unless lavf supports more
features or has at least been thoroughly tested to work at least as
well.

I quickly tested the lavf demuxer and the first file already showed a
missing subtitle at the start. There's also the common demux_lavf
problem that relative seeks that would go before the start of file fail
instead of seeking to the start. IMO demux_mkv is still the better
alternative.