[FFmpeg-cvslog] Handle unicode file names on windows

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 07:31:56PM +0300, Martin Storsjö wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Apr 2011, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 03:50:11AM +0200, Kirill Gavrilov wrote:
> > > +#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32CE__)
> > 
> > It's hardly relevant but that condition probably isn't quite right.
> > The question is really if wide-character support is available,
> > and e.g. it isn't for a default Windows 95 either.
> > Of course few still use that and there are libraries to add it to my
> > knowledge (I think OpenOffice used to handle it that way)
> > so a configure check might well be overkill anyway.
> 
> If it really is desired, those codepaths could be skipped at runtime, so 
> it isn't necessary to disable it at compile time. Adding such checks makes 
> it a little bit uglier though.
> 
> However, since fc5607f8620 (Feb 22 2010), the built binaries don't load on 
> Win 9x at all. Since I haven't heard about anybody complaining about that, 
> I don't think this is a big issue either.

That affects only ffmpeg itself. There are still some people who build and
use e.g. MPlayer for Win9x and even DOS.
They probably can just add stubs or similar and anyway I don't think it
is a big concern but I wanted to mention it, in case someone has a
good idea or just objections.