[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Override datadir via environment variable

[Robert Krüger]

On 20.04.2010, at 19:37, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 2010/4/16 Robert Kr?ger <krueger at signal7.de>:
>> On 16.04.2010, at 10:44, Robert Kr?ger wrote:
>>> On 15.04.2010, at 20:17, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 11:39:44AM +0200, Robert Kr?ger wrote:
>>>>>> the following patch allows to override the data/presets directory via an environment variable FFMPEG_DATADIR.
>>>>> 
>>>>> if people want this feature, i dont mind, if none of the devels wants it
>>>>> then iam against it
>>>> 
>>>> I think it's useful, but this patch lacks documentation thus
>>>> completely removing its utility. Please document it in 1-2 locations,
>>>> e.g. ffmpeg --help in the relevant part, manpage, etc.
>>> 
>>> OK, planned to do that, once it is clear that the feature will be accepted. I'll post a patch with docs later today.
>> 
>> OK, here it is. I didn't find any other place where the preset lookup mechanism was documented, so I hope this is OK.
> 
> Applied.
> 
> Ronald

Thank you.

Robert