[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Add WebM to the Matroska demuxer name

[Måns Rullgård]

Alex Converse <alex.converse at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:36 AM, Reimar D?ffinger
> <Reimar.Doeffinger at gmx.de> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 07:14:38PM -0400, Alex Converse wrote:
>>> >> Furthermore if you have a problem with a libavformat demuxer why not
>>> >> fix it rather than maintain your own set of demuxers only for mplayer
>>> >> that other players can't share.
>>> >
>>> > Because my time is not unlimited? Sorry, but that question is about as stupid
>>> > as asking "why don't you just fix all FFmpeg bugs?".
>>> > Or did you fail to notice that I _have_ been fixing quite a few issues
>>> > in order to get there?
>>>
>>> Good for you, I don't understand why FFmpeg is being asked to bend
>>> over backwards for MPlayer's hacks.
>>
>> It isn't, I can just change the string in MPlayer.
>> I'm saying there's a API and ABI change issue that I see a real chance
>> of affecting real-world applications.
>
> I'm saying it's not an ABI break, it's MPlayer (which doesn't even
> build atm) abusing stings that were never meant to be invariant.

In case I wasn't clear earlier:

I RETRACT ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE PATCH.

I still dislike comma-separated values, but that shouldn't hold this up.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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