[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Codec lookup: do not use codec_id

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:27:04AM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> Le duodi 2 messidor, an CCXV, Michael Niedermayer a ?crit?:
> > i have a very bad feeling about this, this needs very extensive testing
> 
> I agree about the need of extensive testing, although I am pretty sure that
> the particular point we were discussing is ok: if there is a problem, it is
> more likely spread on the whole change of logic.
> 
> > stream copy with missing decoder/encoder and multiple input and output files
> > amongth others
> 
> I have tested the following:
> 
> (a and b are two video files with different codecs)
> 
> ./ffmpeg -i $a /tmp/t.avi -newvideo -i $b
> 
> -> produces one file with two video streams, mplayer can play both
> 
> ./ffmpeg -i $a /tmp/t.avi -newaudio -i $b
> 
> -> produces one file with two audio streams, mplayer can play both and
> switch with #.
> 
> ./ffmpeg -i $a -acodec mp2 -vcodec mpeg4 /tmp/t.avi \
>   -acodec ac3 -vcodec mpeg2video /tmp/t2.avi
> 
> -> produces two files with one audio and one video stream each, and with the
> requested codec, mplayer can play both and reports the correct codec
> 
> ./ffmpeg -i $b -acodec copy -vcodec copy /tmp/t.avi
> 
> -> produces one file very similar to $b
> 
> ./ffmpeg -i $a -acodec copy -vcodec copy /tmp/t.avi
> 
> -> fails with "Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec
> parameters ?)", but replacing t.avi by t.mov works ($a is a QuickTime
> video), so no problem here.
> 
> Are there other tests you think necessary?

yes, does the patch change the md5 of the output in any of the above
cases?
and what happens if you configure --disable-codec-occuring-in-the-file
are the md5s still the same?
steam copy MUST still work even if there is no AVCodec available

do the regression tests pass?

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Michael     GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB

Its not that you shouldnt use gotos but rather that you should write
readable code and code with gotos often but not always is less readable
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