[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] h264 bitstream filter

[Daniel Cardenas]

M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Benoit Fouet wrote:
>> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>> Michael Niedermayer wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 10:10:04PM +1000, mark cox wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 03/09/07, Benoit Fouet <benoit.fouet at purplelabs.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> mark cox wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> if someone has a better name for this filter, i'd be happy to apply it
>>>>>>>> too :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How would you explain what it does in english?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> it converts h264 encapsulated in ISO base media file format to h264
>>>>>> elementary stream.
>>>>>> it seems a bit long as a name :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i don't know if avc is used only for h264 in 'mp4' container or not...
>>>>>> if it is so, maybe a name like: avc_to_h264 could be used ?
>>>>>> i must admit i don't really know what to use...
>>>>>>
>>>>> h264_iso_to_h264_es ?
>>>>> h264_mp4_to_h264_es ?
>>>>>
>>>> h264_iso2es ?
>>>> h264_mp4_to_es ?
>>>>
>>> The term "elementary stream" is not formally defined in relation to H.264.
>>>
>> do you feel "h264_iso2es" is correct enough to be used in ffmpeg ?
> 
> Both input and output are ISO formats, and ES is not defined, so no,
> I don't think that's a good name.
> 
Elementary stream is commonly used in the industry and so is the abbreviation ES.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary_stream