Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We planed to allow the user to configure which codec is chosen for > > a particular format (from a list of codecs that support the format), > > but nobody implemented it. > > I remember that much, yes, but I don't remember how the initial > (unconfigured) list is built - first in first rules? I don't know. Didn't you write that code? However, I'm pretty sure that the configuration file is not used at all. Only the data published by the codecs does matter right now. > > > But some sort of priority expressed by the codec would be great > > > anyway. > > I don't think this is a good idea. > > As an initial hint, why not? As a codec writer, I should have a good > idea about how good my codec is at parsing a certain stream?! It adds complexity. Each codec would have to publish for each format a confidence or priority level. I don't think that adding all this does bode well. regards Marcus Arcor-DSL: jetzt ohne Einrichtungspreis einsteigen oder wechseln Sie sparen 99,95 Euro. Arcor-DSL ist in vielen Anschlussgebieten verfügbar. http://www.arcor.de/home/redir.php/emf-dsl-1