[NUT-devel] Freeze NUT

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 02:44:01PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > so there are several choices:
> > 1. store as 32bit or store as variable length but limit to 32bit in the spec
> >     fits in int
> >     "only" 1<<32 codecs
> >     if the codec/source/destination stream doesnt support a 32bit id then 
> >         we must convert
> 
> so
> 
> 0x1 mp3
> 0x2 mpeg4
> 0x3 theora
> 0x4 vorbis
> 0x5 pick one as you wish
> 
> You'll have to convert, you need to have the codec table handy when

no, 32bit fourcc is used since ages and it didnt need such mess until you
just invented it here to support your suggestion,

normal fourcc/32bit:
mp3  mp3
m4v  mpeg4
theo theora
vrbs vorbis
...


variable vs 32bit length is completely independant from intentionally 
choosing silly codec names, the variable length system can also be made 
to look bad by giving each a random number as name

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