[Ffmpeg-devel] [C API] Add suport for ifstreams

[François Revol]

> Hi,
> i need to open istreams to decode some files.
> im using FFmpeg on WinXP and C++.
> i hope somebody can help me on this.

I did something alike long ago:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/26784/focus=26788

Another option is to add a custom protocol like ifstream: which reads 
the sting as the numeric value of a pointer, like ifstream:0xdeadbeef.

Fran?ois.