On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 11:39:41PM +0200, Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
Hi,
This is not an important point. Anyway... here let's use a new codec id system. In the new system all names will be exactly 4 characters, and here are the first 6 entries:
mp4v - mpeg4 video aac - aac audio mp3 - mp3 audio mp2 - mp2 audio
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.
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. :) Rich