[MPlayer-dev-eng] new nut thread

[Moritz Bunkus]

Hey,

> i'm for using a single id (except maybe for yuv formats) and store  
> other data in codec_specific_data (like number of bits for rgb  
> formats).

IMHO the decision which codec to use should never depend on the demuxer
being able to parse codec_specific_data. This field should ONLY contain
data that the codec in question uses/interprets.

Mosu

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