[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: new nut thread

[D Richard Felker III]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 11:04:58AM +0200, ChristianHJW wrote:
> Alex Beregszaszi wrote:
> 
> 
> >>9. stick with fourcc/twocc system or improve/replace it?
> >>
> >>i raised the question
> >>no proposals yet
> >
> >I proposed to create a new database with new id's for both audio and
> >video. Raw formats should have their ids aswell.
> 
> http://www.matroska.org/technical/specs/codecid/index.html ??
> 
> For the use of FourCC codes, the codec ID is set to 'V_MS/VF/FOURCC' . 

and then you have a separate field for fourcc? no thanks..

> As the mapping of our codec IDs is present in many supporting apps 

from what i've seen, all mkv files use the V_MS crap rather than using
new standard codec ids. this is exactly what i want to avoid if
possible...

rich