[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 0/1] Add Sega FILM muxer

[wm4]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:46:30 -0700
misty at brew.sh wrote:

> From: Misty De Meo <mistydemeo at gmail.com>
> 
> This adds a muxer for the Sega FILM format, which was used by
> Sega Saturn games in the 1990s.
> 
> This muxer provides a complete implementation of the FILM format, at least
> as far as all features I've seen used in the wild, except that it currently
> doesn't support uncompressed video. I've tested its output using vintage
> players, and haven't encountered any compatibility problems so far.
> 
> I haven't been able to get FFmpeg's Cinepak output to be accepted by vintage
> decoders; my successful tests were with stream copied video and new audio.
> I'm planning on looking at that as a followup.
> 
> Misty De Meo (1):
>   Add Sega FILM muxer
> 
>  Changelog                 |   1 +
>  libavformat/Makefile      |   1 +
>  libavformat/allformats.c  |   1 +
>  libavformat/segafilmenc.c | 380 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 383 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 libavformat/segafilmenc.c
> 

Why?