[Ffmpeg-devel] [Ss][Nn][Oo][Ww] spelling^wbranding

Mike Melanson mike
Thu May 12 19:07:01 CEST 2005


M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Fourccs are an implementation detail of a few container formats, not
> something universal.  

	Certainly, AVI, MOV, and REAL account for a small number of the 
multimedia formats in existence. But they likely account for a vast 
majority of the actual sample media out there in the world.

 > The majority of the formats use other methods.

	It's just a number. A FOURCC is just a number. A 32-bit number. The 
other formats, if they accommodate multiple formats, also identify them 
with numbers. It's just a number.

	:)
-- 
	-Mike Melanson





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