[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Support CineForm HD

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 07:15:10PM +0100, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 06:43:07PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> >> I'm unsure about the registry part -- is there another, better way of doing
> >> this? CineForm assumes these keys are set by the installer before the codec
> >> is used.
> > The loader should read registry data, it would e.g. be possible to write a default
> > registry file with these settings, or ship with a default one that can be installed
> > if desired or so.
> 
> OK, so you're essentially saying there's no current support for preloading
> the registry? So, if we put something in create_registry(), and the user
> updates MPlayer, what will we do with the existing registry?

For example support both user and system-wide registry files and let whatever
system the distribution uses handle updating the system-wide one.
Or as with codecs.conf support one built into the binary.
Or add a version to the registry file and refuse to load outdated ones with
a warning.