[FFmpeg-devel] URLs or not URLs (was: 01/48] avcodec/packet: deprecate) av_init_packet()

[Nicolas George]

Nicolas George (12021-03-21):
> By the way, about that: at some point, we will need to clarify what part
> of our API uses real URLs and what parts uses fake URLs.
> 
> Because as it is, a lot of code looks like it uses URLs but really it
> does not. The worst offender is "file:" it looks like an URL, the prefix
> is a 100% standard URL scheme. Yet, it will not find
> file:///home/user/Some%20Movie.mkv because it does not obey to the
> standard syntax of file:// URLs.

This is now Trac ticket #9157:

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/9157

Note that it is a rather simple task for somebody who wants to get
involved in the project.

Regards,

-- 
  Nicolas George
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