[NUT-devel] Freeze NUT, Flame FourCC

[Rich Felker]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 03:45:09PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 05:41:54AM +0300, Oded Shimon wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 08:16:03PM +0100, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > > "Ivan Kalvachev" <ikalvachev at gmail.com> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Before continuing flame,
> > > > I would like to know if we are going to use fourcc, will we create our
> > > > own list or just use the avi one?
> > > 
> > > I believe the idea was to use a reduced avi 4cc list, that is with
> > > only one code per codec.
> > > 
> > > On a side note, I still think there is way to much fixation on the 4cc
> > > thing in the first place, but that's probably just me...
> > 
> > Resuming bikeshed topic.
> > Warning, no replies within 7 days is taken as no complaints.
> 
> alternative suggestion:
> 
> fourcc
>     identification for the codec 
>     MUST be <=4 bytes long

Since we seem to be padding with spaces, I would s/<=/=/.

>     SHOULD be made of alphanumerical chars

s/alphanumeric/printable ascii/ (dash, plus, etc. are ok)

>     if there are several possible values to choose from then the one used
>     in the source file if any SHOULD be prefered, if there are still several
>     options left then the one with the most descriptive name SHOULD be
>     preferred

I don't like this. The idea of "source file" does not belong in the
spec, and source files are full of disgusting nonsense fourcc's like
"DIVX" anyway.

Rich