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

[Evgeniy Stepanov]

On Tuesday 18 March 2008 21:13:33 Uoti Urpala wrote:
> 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.

It can switch to nosound :) Plus, it is one less demuxer to maintain in the 
future.

Sure, it does not justify breaking playback of some files. I checked it with 
several files and did not notice any lost subtitles. I'd like to see a 
sample.