[NUT-devel] codec id nonsense, please end it

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 12:05:26AM +0200, Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > What about mp2a / mp3a? So mp2v could exist (and not mpg2). Otoh aaca
> > > would look crazy :)
> > 
> > The idea was to use existing sane names when they exist to avoid
> > pointlessly enlarging tables. Also mp2a and mp3a are NOT analogous to
> > mp4v. mp2 does not mean mpeg-2 audio. It means mpeg-1 audio, layer 2.
> > Similarly for mp3.
> 
> What about mpl1, mpl2 and mpl3 then? :) Also how would you store MPEG2? mpg2? mp2v?
> 
> mp4v are ES or PR packets?

PR? you mean PS? of course not PS, double layer muxing is not allowed in nut


> 
> > > Also I would restrict the available character set from your proposed
> > > ascii-printable to alphanumeric+space, everything else is making it more
> > > complicated. The dash (-) is the only symbol I could be convienced if
> > > too much ppl cry.
> > 
> > Plus is also useful, e.g. 263+, mp3+, etc. crap. :)
> 
> My proposal character set:
>  * english alphabet - lower case only!
>  * numbers 0-9
>  * space
>  * minus sign / dash
>  * plus sign

i agree if we need a allowed charset then the above is plenty, actually
i would say 'p' is fine and + isnt really needed

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