[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] MTH demuxer (Gamecube format)

[Michael Montanye]

Mike Melanson wrote:
> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:12:52AM +0100, Marc Mason wrote:
>>     
>>> Diego Biurrun wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Mike Melanson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> I decided to go with the file signature instead.
>>>>>           
>>>> What do you mean by signature?
>>>>         
>>> Perhaps he meant
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format#Magic_number
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)#Magic_numbers_in_files
>>>       
>> I was basically wondering why it is called MTH in one place and MTHP in
>> another.  IMO we should use only one description, otherwise we will only
>> generate confusion.  DV is not the same as DVD or DVB.
>>     
>
> I vote for MTHP as the consistent term. As mentioned, it's the file's 
> signature and thus the most consistent identifier. MTH is just to 
> accomodate the common convention of the 3-letter file extensions. This 
> is consistent with our reasoning for referring to MPEG rather than MPG.
>
>   
That makes sense, especially since I just found a GC game that uses no 
file extensions at all, and the only way to find the FMVs was to look at 
the signature.  And it's trivial to change.  Changed, new patch attached.

-Michael Montanye
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