On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:30:02AM +0200, Tomas Härdin wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-25 at 06:43 +0200, Kostya Shishkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:27:57PM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
> > > On 10/24/2012 04:15 PM, Tomas Härdin wrote:
> > > > Oh boy, here we go.
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 12:10 +0200, Kostya Shishkov wrote:
> > > >> @@ -1605,6 +1606,12 @@ static int transcode_init(void)
> > > >> codec->codec_tag = icodec->codec_tag;
> > > >> }
> > > >>
> > > >> + desc = avcodec_descriptor_get(codec->codec_id);
> > > >> + if (desc && (desc->props & AV_CODEC_PROP_IDIOTIC)) {
> > > >
> > > > AV_CODEC_PROP_IDIOTIC? How professional.
> > >
> > > Surely AV_CODEC_PROP_DISCOURAGED with a -strict suggest mode to output a
> > > rationale on why certain codecs should not be generally used beside for
> > > compatibility, might be a good service.
> > >
> > > The patchset as it doesn't really help anybody since "idiotic" as for
> > > "lovely" is one of those English words with too many meanings and nuances.
> >
> > This patchset was not serious and it should be obvious from the property
> > name
> > selection. But I hoped it might encourage people do something good instead.
>
> What about something like AV_CODEC_PROP_UNMAINTAINED?
That's completely different - the original "intent" was to discourage users
from creating new files with formats that are not well designed at best. For
example, Monkey Audio is still maintained but I'd rather not see people
encode in that format because it's horrible starting from container. The fact
that it's currently cannot be stored in any other format is just pure luck.
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