[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] mencoder: support cinepak encoding via -ovc lavc

[u-2w2r at aetey.se]

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 09:24:29AM -0500, compn wrote:
> > --- libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c.ori   2014-01-25 22:47:58.861287479 +0100
> > +++ libmpcodecs/ve_lavc.c       2014-01-26 19:42:50.891709449 +0100
> > @@ -975,6 +977,8 @@
> >         mux_v->bih->biCompression = mmioFOURCC('d', 'r', 'a', 'c');
> >      else if (!strcasecmp(lavc_param_vcodec, "libvpx"))
> >         mux_v->bih->biCompression = mmioFOURCC('V', 'P', '8', '0');
> > +    else if (!strcasecmp(lavc_param_vcodec, "cinepak"))
> > +       mux_v->bih->biCompression = mmioFOURCC('c', 'v', 'i', 'd');
> >      else
> >         mux_v->bih->biCompression = mmioFOURCC(lavc_param_vcodec[0],
> >                 lavc_param_vcodec[1], lavc_param_vcodec[2],
> > lavc_param_vcodec[3]); /* FIXME!!! */ --- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.ori
> > 2014-01-26 20:39:51.215795665 +0100 +++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1
> > 2014-01-26 20:40:28.596233764 +0100 @@ -9647,6 +9647,8 @@
> >  for lossless JPEG, ffv1 and svq1
> >  .IPs "BGR32"
> >  for lossless JPEG and ffv1
> > +.IPs "RGB24"
> > +for cinepak
> >  .RE
> >  .PD 1
> 
> 
> is CVID or cvid preferred by binary codecs?

I see lowercase "cvid" in all of the ancient cinepak samples which I checked
(a random handful from http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/V-codecs/CVID).

Thus I assume lowercase is historically "the norm" or at least "good enough".

Rl