[vlc-devel] Re: Codec name or Codec fourcc

[Matthew Vosburgh]

I like the friendly names, but you need to preserve the case of the  
original fourcc, eg
> Codec: MPEG-4 Video (mp4v)

because the case is significant.



Maf


On Aug 7, 2005, at 6:01 PM, list at scttransport.dk wrote:

> Hello all
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> I would like to change the way information is presented to the user  
> in, mainly, the stream info dialog. Currently u see Codec: theo
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> Or Codec: mpgv etc, where the codec is listed as a fourcc code,  
> meaningless to the majority of users.
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> I’m currently making a little function to do fourcc -> full name  
> lookups.
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> What I would like to change is that in the future people will see  
> stuff like this in the stream info dialog:
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> Codec: Windows Media Audio 9 Professional (WMAP)
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> instead of Codec: wmap
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> and
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> Codec: MPEG-4 Video (MP4V)
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> instead of Codec: mp4v
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> I would to hear if anybody has any protest against this?
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> This would also make the Codec name used in 1 or 2 muxers (only  
> seen it in asf) unnecessary.
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> Awaiting any comments
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> Cheers
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> Jonas Larsen
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>

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