[openbeos] Re: decoder config options
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:30:01 +0100 CET
> François Revol wrote:
>
> > Usually decoders are chosen automatically (on a first-found basis),
> > unlike encoders which are usually presented as a list on a GUI.
> >
> > For ffdecoder i had a list of supported 4CCs but that was built-in
> > the
> > binary.
> > I always had to rebuild it to change which I wanted to support. A
> > settings file might be an acceptable solution I suppose.
> > Just check for it and use a sensible default if it's not there.
>
> Doesn't encoders/decoders support BMediaThemes? Maybe we should have
> a
> encoder/decoder preferences tab in the media preferences panel. This
> way
> not only the user would have more control about formats but also
> applications could integrate the config interface in themselves.
Encoders can publish a BParameterWeb, but there is no provision for
this for decoders, and that was for instance-related settings, not
defaults.
That can of course be changed...
Yes we could add that to the Media preferences (I made a fake
screenshot once showing that).
François.
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