[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] add uuid box to MP4 to make h.264 play on iPod
Måns Rullgård
mans
Sat Feb 23 16:53:38 CET 2008
Mark Himsley <mark at mdsh.com> writes:
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> I don't like inventing new, fake formats for each and every
>> variation. Things like this should be passed as flags/parameters to
>> the mp4 muxer instead. If there is no way of doing that currently,
>> lavf should be extended to support it.
>>
>
> I agree with your logic, but I was following the way -f psp is implemented.
>
> Are you suggesting a completely new parameter such as -mp4opts that will
> take values of, for instance, 'psp' or 'ipod' to manipulate the way the
> mp4 is headers are created?
No, I'm suggesting a format-independent way of passing extra
parameters to the (de)muxer. No, I don't have a detailed proposal. I
don't buy Apple stuff, so I have no need for such hacks.
> Or would you suggest adding more values to, lets say, the -fflags
> parameter?
We'd probably run out of space there pretty soon...
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M?ns Rullg?rd
mans at mansr.com
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