[Ffmpeg-devel] AVOptions

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 05:59:08PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 01:18:40PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > 
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>as everyone certainly already knows ffmpeg/libav* has a nice&new AVOption
> >>API, comments & suggestions for improvements are welcome
> >>
> >>and dont complain in a month that its not useable in your application, if 
> >>you know of an issue or have a suggestion to improve it then post it now
> > 
> > 
> > and if anyone has suggestions for better names for some options now is the
> > right time as compatibility is slightly broken anyway
> > 
> > and a few specific questions
> > currently all AVOption constants are upper case so for example '-idct SIMPLE'
> > is that ok, or do people want lowercase for them?
> 
> I guess lowercase are more readable but is just a matter of taste.

i think so too. i find uppercase painful to read, and more tedious to
type (and it looks like you're chatting on aol...)

rich