[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/2] doc/muxers: extend documentation for MOV muxers

Stefano Sabatini stefasab at gmail.com
Sun Jan 7 17:05:09 EET 2024


On date Saturday 2024-01-06 14:43:47 -0600, Marth64 wrote:
> +This section covers formats belonging to the QuickTime / MOV family,
> +also named after the MPEG-4 Part 14 format, also named after the ISO
> +base media file format (ISOBMFF).
> +
> +The MOV format was originally developed for the Apple QuickTime
> +container format. Then it was later used as basis for the MPEG MPEG-4
> +Part 1 (later Part 14) format, also named after ISO/IEC 14496-1.
> +
> +The format was later generalized into the ISO base media file format,
> +also named MPEG-4 Part 12 format or ISO/IEC 14496-12 or ISO/IEC
> +15444-12.
> +
> 
> The word "also" is very prominent in this part (and a duplicate MPEG).  I
> admit it feels confusing to read. Maybe something like this?
> 
> This section covers formats belonging to the QuickTime / MOV family,
> including the MPEG-4 Part 14 format. These formats share a common structure
> based on the ISO base media file format (ISOBMFF). ISOBMFF is also known as
> MPEG-4 Part 12, ISO/IEC 14496-12, or ISO/IEC 15444-12.
> 
> The MOV format was originally developed for use with Apple QuickTime.
> It was later used as the basis for MPEG-4 Part 1 (later Part 14), also
> known as
> ISO/IEC 14496-1. That format was then generalized into ISOBMFF.

Thanks, shortened and updated with some of the suggested changes.
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