[MPlayer-cvslog] CVS: main mencoder.c,1.326,1.327

[Alexander Strasser]

The Wanderer wrote:
> On 12/24/2005 07:00 AM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 05:52:23PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> >
> >>On 12/23/2005 09:47 AM, Oded Shimon wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 07:53:47AM -0600, Joey Parrish wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Now, the next thing I'd like to see done is to set default
> >>>>output format to MUXER_TYPE_AUTO and use filename extension
> >>>>here to set muxer type. Any objections?
> >>>
> >>>ugh, we already discussed this, absoloutely not.
> >>
> >>Agreed. I was supporting using muxer type to set filename
> >>extension, in the case of 'no output filename specified' and in no
> >>other case; I would definitely not support using filename extension
> >>to set muxer type.
> >
> >FFmpeg chooses muxer type by filename extension.  I don't see why
> >this should be such a bad idea...
> 
> Partly because it supports the "extension matters" paradigm, I think.
> Beyond that, my previous comment does not appear to have been well
> considered; however, I still would raise the issue of what would be done
> when no extension is given and no -of is specified. FFmpeg simply fails
> out, but FFmpeg is also (in my limited experience) rather less
> user-friendly than MPlayer is.

  I think it is perfectly fine to choose muxer from the given
output filename extension as long as you can still optionally
override it.

  Implementation may still be more of a problem though.

  Alex (beastd)