[MPlayer-dev-eng] Misrepresented 'cmov' Chunks

[Felix Buenemann]

Am Son, 2002-03-10 um 00.06 schrieb Mike Melanson:
> Hi team,
> 	I found some Quicktime files that use compressed info headers
> ('cmov' atoms) but misrepresent them as regular 'moov' atoms, probably to
> keep users from playing them with anything but the custom player. Once I
> changed the 'moov' -> 'cmov', a file plays perfectly (regular MPEG data
> inside).
> 
> 	I'm wondering about the best way to address this: 1) Hack up the
> MOV demuxer so that it takes this into account or 2) change the atoms in
> my MOV files and be done with it?
If it can be fail-proof detected, modify the demuxer to autodetect if
headers are compressed.
> 
> 	Thanks...
> -- 
> 	-Mike Melanson
-- 
Best Regards,
	Atmos
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