[FFmpeg-devel] Add version numbers information for Windows binaries

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Thu Oct 17 14:39:42 CEST 2013


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 05:59:20PM -0700, Timothy Gu wrote:
> On Oct 16, 2013 5:11 PM, "Michael Niedermayer" <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 06:10:40PM -0300, James Almer wrote:
> > > On 16/10/13 4:24 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 11:02:58AM -0800, Lou Logan wrote:
> > > >> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:41:02 -0700 (PDT), Nguyen Trong Tuan wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Please add version numbers information for Windows binaries.
> > > >>> That will be very helpful for users.
> > > >>
> > > >> FFmpeg does not provide any binaries (only source code), but
> > > >> there are some available for Windows at:
> > > >> http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
> > > >>
> > > >> The binary will tell you the version number in the console output:
> > > >
> > > > maybe i misunderstand but dont windows exes have some version metadata
> > > > in them? and if i remember that right, do we set that ?
> > > > If we dont, then we should, and someone should fix that (not me
> > > > as iam no windows devel)
> > >
> > > If you mean embedded resource data in an exe or dll, then no, we don't
> > > set that.
> > >
> >
> > > I submitted a patch to add support for that using GNU windres some time
> > > ago. I can rebase it and submit it again for review if there's interest.
> >
> > i think its a good idea but i dont know if everyone else likes it.
> 
> Sherpya has already done it.
> https://github.com/sherpya/FFmpeg/commit/558e29b7c2dd609c3525f4cf78cc9af2aab1dea0

interresting, and it looks simpler than the old patch
anyone wants to test & submit it here ?
"VALUE "SpecialBuild"" would need to be removed and the line endings
dont look correct for git.
also iam not sure about the icons

also CCing sherpya

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