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

[Måns Rullgård]

Mike Melanson <mike at multimedia.cx> writes:

> 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.

Yes, unfortunately.

>> 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.

Sure, and other containers use other numbers.  Should we be naming our
codecs 0x42 next?

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M?ns Rullg?rd
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