[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avformat: add a concat protocol that takes a line break delimited list of resources

[James Almer]

On 6/24/2021 12:44 PM, Nicolas George wrote:
> James Almer (12021-06-24):
>>> Are we ok that file with a \n in their name will not be supported?
>> Yes, since it's used to delimit files in the list.
> 
> I know, it is the reason I asked. So, I say it negatively:
> 
> I am not ok that this prevents valid filenames from being used, even if
> they are very exotic.

Can the \n in filenames be escaped, either with backslash or quotes, 
like with other special characters? If so, then they should be supported 
that way already.

> 
>> At least on Windows a backslash is not allowed on file names (Alongside many
>> other such characters), but apostrophes are, and they effectively need to be
>> escaped. Thanks for catching it.
>>
>> I'll add a mention in the doxy about the need to escape certain characters.
> 
> On Unix, backslashes are allowed. So are newlines. They need to be
> supported.

The former is supported, of course. And i assume so should the latter.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
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