[mythtv] Musings On Standard File Formats
Robert Middleswarth
robert at middleswarth.net
Mon Apr 21 22:01:49 EDT 2003
Matt Zimmerman wrote:
>On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 12:47:22AM -0400, James Knight wrote:
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>>The MPEG-4 standard container format (aka Quicktime container) should do
>>everything you want to do. I'm no expert on the NuppelVideo format, so I'm
>>not sure exactly what features you need, but the QT container is
>>*extremely* extensible, and seems to have a lot of built-in features
>>already like text tracks for subtitles, etc. Since it's part of the MPEG-4
>>standard, support for it should not be a problem.
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>I'm not familiar with it either, though apparently there are technical
>specifications available on the web, e.g.:
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>http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/quicktime/qtdevdocs/QTFF/qtff.html
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>I am unaware of any open source libraries for writing these files, so using
>this format would involve writing a significant amount of new code, which
>would not add significant value to MythTV itself.
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http://heroinewarrior.com/quicktime.php3
ask and you shell recieve. Althought I am not sure that a switch is
needed but there is a linux GPL library out there already.
Robert
>>I don't see much advantage in changing containers at this point in time
>>(seems like a lot of work for not too much gain), but if a change *were*
>>to happen, I think it'd make the most sense to switch to the standard
>>MPEG-4 container rather than some half-baked container like OGG or
>>something really crappy like AVI.
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>I wouldn't consider Ogg to be half-baked at all, only incomplete where video
>is concerned. For audio, it is the best thing going.
>
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