[Ffmpeg-cvslog] CVS: ffmpeg/doc ffserver.conf,1.18,1.19

Måns Rullgård mru
Thu Jun 9 22:19:23 CEST 2005


The Wanderer <inverseparadox at comcast.net> writes:

> Diego Biurrun CVS wrote:
>
>>  # ogg        : Ogg format (Vorbis audio codec)
>>  # rm         : Real Networks compatible stream. Multiplexed audio and video.
>>  # ra         : Real Networks compatible stream. Audio only.
>
> Not actually something modified by the patch, but: it's my understanding
> that that is correctly written "RealNetworks", i.e. without the space. I
> also have my usual theoretically-ambiguous-meaning objections about
> hyphenation of adjectival phrases (i.e., is it a "stream" compatible
> with RealNetworks, or is it a "compatible stream" of the type known as
> RealNetworks?), but nobody seems to agree with me on that.

If RealNetworks produced a "compatible stream", that would be breaking
news indeed.  A "RealNetworks compatible" stream, although somewhat of
an oxymoron, is far more likely.  Hence, little or no ambiguity.

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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