[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] avformat/flvdec: added support for KUX container

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

2019-03-26 12:28 GMT+01:00, Moritz Barsnick <barsnick at gmx.net>:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 11:22:58 +0100, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
>> > While trying to see if the proposed XV demuxer[1] can be simplified, I
>> > tripped over the fact that this KUX patch introduces a new demuxer for
>> > what looks like "only" a minor variant of FLV. Could the patch not just
>> > as well extend the flv probe and the extension list?
>>
>> What would be the advantage?
>
> Not exploding the list of supported formats by many minor subvariants.
> (It seems KUX is 99% FLV, with a different header tag and an offset.)

> I know it's a special example, but imagine "mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2"
> implemented as six separate formats, six separate probes, ...

Not sure how easy it would be to separate them via probe.

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Carl Eugen