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

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Friday 07 February 2003 20:34, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Friday 07 February 2003 18:50, michael c wrote:
> > Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > >didnt i say that? u said the universal packet would be better because
> > >we dont have to change the docs for a new fourcc, but for the uses u
> > >suggested (menu, chapters ...) it must be documented or noone can use
> > >it
> >
> > hmm. i said (or at least meant) that the work to document it would be
> > basically the same, no matter which way you use, so you could as well
> > pick one that's more flexible.
> > i was under the impression, that using fourccs (or some sort of format
> > description like it) might add another tidbit of flexibility to the
> > format. maybe someone wants to put the dvd cover into the file or some
> > other (binary) data. while some might find this specific example silly,
> > the infrastructure might be useful (in the future). i guess that was my
> > whole point. correct me though, if i'm completely wrong.
>
> ill add a user data packet, i thought the info packet would be enough for
> user data, but the example of the dvd cover image shows i was wrong ...
hmm, after thinking about it a bit more, it seems better to allow binary 
values in the info packet instead of just strings, because the stuff is often 
specific to some part of the video, for example a cd cover per music video on 
some stream ...

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Michael