[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] avformat: enable UDP IPv6 multicast interface selection

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le perjantaina 22. maaliskuuta 2024, 12.16.30 EET Ignjatović, Lazar (RS) a 
écrit :
> This message has been marked as Public on 03/22/2024 10:16Z.
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> On Friday, March 22, 2024 10:55 AM Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > So why are you arguing now?
> 
> Because I still belive that using localaddr is the better approach.

You're entitled to your opinion. That won't change the fact that:

1) The rest of the industry disagrees with you. And by that, I mean the IETF 
(see the advanced IPv6 socket API specifications), the OS and IP stacks and as 
well as existing software other than FFmpeg.

2) It is obvjectively far simpler and more user-friendly to request an 
interface name than a link-local address. Back when link-local addresses were 
derived from the MAC address, you would have had to remember the MAC, which 
nobody in its right mind did. But nowadays, link-local addresses are actually 
random, so that's moot.

In other words, this is ridiculous.

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Rémi Denis-Courmont
http://www.remlab.net/