[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v11 1/6] libavutil/wchar_filename.h: Add whcartoutf8, wchartoansi and utf8toansi

[nil-admirari at mailo.com]

> I'm not sure how much you had followed, so please excuse in case you
> had already read it: the manifest approach does not work on a default
> Windows installation.
> To activate long path support, the users needs to opt-in to a behavior
> that is probably deactivated by default for some reason. Also it
> requires administrative privileges to make this change.
> For me - and probably for others as well - that approach is useless,
> as it would be the same as if there would be no long path support.
> (when you cannot rely on that feature being always working, you
> cannot use it)

For yt-dlp and StaxRip users manifest change is not the same as
the complete absence of a feature. If it's that way for you, well it doesn't take
much effort to pretend that the manifest is just not there.