[Mplayer-advusers] force video codec, ignore fourcc/format in codecs.conf

[Diego Biurrun]

compn writes:
> i'm trying to test different mpeg4 decoders on an mpeg4
> file, is there a way to just use -vc xvid file.avi and have
> it use the codec, so i dont have to edit every codec in the
> codecs.conf and add fourcc blah. currently mplayer reports
> 
> Forced video codec: xvid
> Cannot find codec matching selected -vo and video format 0x584E4957.
> Read DOCS/HTML/en/codecs.html!
> 
> so instead of editing codecs.conf and adding format 0x584f4957
> under videocodec xvid, i could use something like -vc:force xvid
> 
> or can this be put in the wishlist?

Added to the wishlist.

Diego