On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 01:03:53PM +0100, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
mp4v and MP4V are listed at http://www.fourcc.org/codecs.php mp4s is listed with "The first ISO standard codec for use with the Sharp digital camera implementing a restricted feature set of MPEG4." so it somehow feels at least as bad ...
OK, sounds good then.
BTW this document should explicitly mention that DIVX, DIV3, DIV4, DX50, 3IVX, XVID, etc. are reserved fourcc values and invalid. :)
We need the fourcc from these to workaround bugs in old implementations they could surely use mp4v or whatever standard fourcc we choose for their current generated (MPEG4) content. But not for old (HALF MPEG4).
Then let's specify them specifically as meaning broken pseudo-mpeg4 streams. This will discourage their use for correct data. Rich