[MPlayer-dev-eng] MPCF Draft/Discussion (MPlayer Container Format)

[D Richard Felker III]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:02:55AM +0100, Fabien Tassin wrote:
> According to Alex Beregszaszi:
> > 
> > Please move the thread here.
> 
> [ well, I wrote this before even reading mpcf.txt but I did now and most
> still applies. Take this as a list of wishes and recommandations based
> upon my own experience with media formats ]
>  
> > MPCF Draft/Discussion (MPlayer Container Format)
> 
> - choose a better name. Something sexy or funny but not tied to any

Obviously.

> - in addition to the optionnnal-but-recommanded index (which, like Arpi,
> I think it is better to have it at the end), try to allow optionnal chaptering
> with stop points flags. A player ignoring those chapters will play the file
> from the beginning to the end. Another supporting them will stop, allowing
> some extra/bonus/alternate sequences to be tied to the video and read on-demand.
> Even better, if it is possible to tie a still picture and some sort of script,
> you could build a real menu with a single file (easier to transport).
> I see chapters different from index as index uses fixed size cells and
> chapter cells, because of titles, could have variable lengths.

ARRG no! Still pictures, menus, script, and chapters are reminiscent
of the total brain damage of quicktime, dvd/vob, and now stuff like
mcf. The whole goal is NOT to copy that nonsense!


Rich