[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Use high-level QuickTime decoding API

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Mon Mar 8 09:56:11 CET 2010


On Sat, 6 Mar 2010 15:26:52 +0100
"Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson at bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 03:06:01PM +0100, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> > I can understand it, but I am very much in disfavour of completely throwing
> > out code that has been tested and proven working for years.
> 
> There are basically three options here:
> 
>  - Leave this decoder in its current, arguably broken state.
>  - Implement this change, test as thoroughly as possible (I've already
>    checked sample files for all QuickTime codecs I could get to work),
>    and watch out for regressions.
>  - Make a new, separate QuickTime decoder using the new API, and maintain
>    both.

I'm for option 2. There is no point in keeping code if it's not 100% working.

			Attila Kinali

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