[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 5/5] avformat/mov: correct to representative names for mov.c

[Derek Buitenhuis]

On 28/01/2020 08:07, Hendrik Leppkes wrote:
> These names are strictly speaking part of the ABI, and I'm sure that
> some applications will use them to identify a format - I know that I
> do, for example.

To chime in: I do too. I thought it was considered ABI.

Further, as far as I know, these are the only way to identify the format
when using ffprobe in scripts (e.g. `ffprobe -of json -show_format input.ext`),
and it'll break plenty of those scripts.

Alternatives to checking this welcome.

- Derek