[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2 2/6] libavformat/sdp: remove whitespaces in fmtp

[Kieran Kunhya]

On Tue, 14 Nov 2023, 21:54 Tomas Härdin, <git at haerdin.se> wrote:

> tis 2023-11-14 klockan 17:14 +0100 skrev Kieran Kunhya:
> > On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 at 16:47, Tomas Härdin <git at haerdin.se> wrote:
> >
> > > tis 2023-11-07 klockan 15:12 +0100 skrev Michael Riedl:
> > > > Whitespaces after semicolon breaks some servers
> > >
> > > Which servers? If the spec allows whitespace then the onus is on
> > > them
> > > to fix their implementations.
> > >
> > > /Tomas
> > >
> >
> > Poor Tomas, you are not versed in SDP witchcraft where a single
> > character
> > breaks dozens of devices but fixes dozens of others.
>
> I have in fact had some contact with SDP, much to my chagrin. This is
> also why we should be very strict with it, and be very clear what the
> spec says, and/or have the spec changed to reflect reality. With MXF,
> being strict has already paid dividends.
>
> /Tomas
>

Not comparable IMO, these are embedded IoT devices that will never be
fixed. I have spent months of my life debugging a single character issue in
SDP. I kid you not.

Kieran

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