[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v12 1/4] libavutil/wchar_filename.h: Add whcartoutf8, wchartoansi and utf8toansi

[Martin Storsjö]

On Thu, 9 Jun 2022, nil-admirari at mailo.com wrote:

>> Right, I wasn't aware that the -A version would return a
>> guaranteed-ansi-compatible version of the filename. If that's really the
>> case, this patch would indeed be a minor step backwards.
>
> Two options are available:
> 1. fopen() is replaced with avpriv_fopen_utf8(), getenv() is made Unicode-aware
>    on Windows, and wide version of get_module_filename() is used as it is now.
> 2. A wrapper around GetModuleFilenameA() created specifically for this case,
>    only to be replaced later by option one, when avpriv_fopen_utf8() gets merged.
>
> If option one is chosen, the patch will have to wait for avpriv_fopen_utf8() patches.

For that, the first option sounds better - that sounds to me more like a 
direction forward, not backwards.

The patches for *_fopen_utf8 have already been merged - within the 
libraries, you can use avpriv_fopen_utf8, and fftools has got a separate 
"fopen_utf8" function it can use.

// Martin