[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH]Tell users about -use_absolute_path

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Sat May 9 20:43:56 CEST 2015


On Sat, 9 May 2015 18:35:44 +0000 (UTC)
Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos at ag.or.at> wrote:

> Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos <at> ag.or.at> writes:
> 
> > > > +       "Absolute path %s not tried for security reasons, "
> > > > +       "pass -use_absolute_path 1 to force using absolute paths\n",
> 
> > Please suggest a wording that is also acceptable for 
> > library users (they can't guess "use_absolute_path" 
> > either I guess).
> 
> Ping.
> All users have to set the option to open such 
> files, if no other phrase is suggested, I'll 
> use the one above.
> 

I suspect you would reject the wording needed for my own application.
Why does ffmpeg.c get priority? Is libavformat not intended to be used
by applications other than ffmpeg.c?


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