[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Do not read codecs.conf files by default

Attila Kinali attila at kinali.ch
Sat Jan 13 16:25:36 CET 2007


On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:22:18 +0100
Attila Kinali <attila at kinali.ch> wrote:

> Although we should try to make mplayer dwimy, i don't
> think that this patch should go in. I somewhat agree with
> Roberto that we should not workaround user stupidity,
> but at the same time we shouldn't make it too simple
> to be stupid. Maybe it would be a better idea to
> print a warning that an external codecs.conf has been
> loaded instead of disabling it by default.

Addendum: make a flag loaded_external_codecsconf and
print an appropriate error message when mplayer fails
while looking for a codec. Then it would be even better
visible.

			Attila Kinali

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