[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]lavf/isom: Recognize fourcc HEVC

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On Fri, 4 May 2018 08:19:27 -0400
Compn <tempn at mi.rr.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 May 2018 17:26:38 -0300, James Almer <jamrial at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Create a new table with all non standard codecids from ff_codec_bmp_tags
> > and use it exclusively in avidec, then remove them from
> > ff_codec_bmp_tags, adapting other de/muxers if needed (like ivf).
> > 
> > And then add this HEVC codecid to it.  
> 
> as fourcc maintainer i approve carls patch to add h265.

I'm against it.

> while i like james's idea, it would create a duplicated mess
> of fourcc lists in each container. the fourcc problem got worse as
> more people were using mov tags in avi, which is why the hack was
> requested to have the avi container look at the isom list. saving us
> from duplicating the isom list in the avi list. mostly due to apple
> users needing an intermediate format for their apple codecs.
> 
> i would be extremely against splitting and duplicating the
> decoding fourccs again. internal and external fourccs like VLC and
> mplayer would be the end game to that. ugh.

VLC and mplayer need internal FourCCs because of their architecture.
It's not relevant to FFmpeg.

> 
> my idea would be to create a whitelist of codec ids we can encode to,
> instead of splitting up the decode fourcc list amongst formats.

FourCC are already split up for avi and mov. Apparently it got
sabotaged at some point.

A mux whitelist would be just as much as splitting the list. (Although
having separate mux lists would be a good idea too.)

Also here's an advice to FFmpeg: STOP ALLOWING USERS TO CREATE INVALID
FILES. I'm sick of working them around. Stop creating a fucked up mess.
It starts with rejecting this patch.

> that way we fully control which fourcc we support in which codecs on
> the encoder side (avienc, movenc). and we dont mess with the decoder
> fourccs at all.
> 
> please let me know if my idea would work, i am probably missing some
> huge flaw somewhere...
> 
> -compn
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