[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] probetest.c

[Kostya]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 07:39:59PM +0200, Vitor Sessak wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:19:03PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>> Some simple probe testing code should be attached
>>>
>>> its output, aka formats that detect random data with a score >25 are:
>>> Failure of h261 probing code with score=50 type=0 p=B53 size=2
>>> Failure of vc1test probing code with score=50 type=0 p=40E size=4
>>> Failure of h263 probing code with score=50 type=0 p=C1E size=4
>>> Failure of idcin probing code with score=50 type=0 p=E93 size=8
>>> Failure of mm probing code with score=50 type=0 p=FC0 size=128
>>> Failure of dv probing code with score=75 type=1 p=E85 size=256
>>> Failure of vmd probing code with score=50 type=0 p=AF4 size=512
>>> Failure of mpeg probing code with score=52 type=0 p=D9C size=4096
>>> Failure of dts probing code with score=51 type=1 p=B8F size=8192
>>>
>>> maintainers of the listed formats should look into fixing their probe
>>> code!
>>> ill try to look at h26*/mpeg if i find the time, that said if someone
>>> else is faster thats welcome of course ...
>>
>> and as everyone celebrates victory, probetest returns from the depths of
>> hell stronger and more evil to devour more demuxers
>> heres the output up to 32k
>
> [...]
>
>> Failure of mpc8 probing code with score=100 type=3 p=85A size=64

May I say that it would fail in many cases since any string of uppercase
letters starting with 'MPCK' can be parsed as valid Moosepack SV8 file
with strange but valid tags?