[NUT-devel] [nut]: r614 - docs/nut4cc.txt

[Rich Felker]

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