[MPlayer-dev-eng] [SURVEY] change mencoder's default ofilename extension?

[Reynaldo H. Verdejo Pinochet]

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 02:21:15PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
> I'll note, first, that I would never support automatic extension based
> on container in any case *except* when no output filename was specified.
> 
> Other than that, I can only repeat that it can hardly be less correct to
> use one of the selection of potentially valid extensions rather than
> using a known-invalid extension.
> 
> -of raw* I'll admit that I'm not sure how to handle; perhaps
> specifically use no extension, or ".rawvideo" or the like?
> 
> If we can't come to an agreement on the subject, then it would probably
> be best to settle on my second-choice solution, making '-o' mandatory
> and documenting very clearly the ability to set it in the config file.
> 

Thing is, by the time been mencoder isn't smarter enough to select
an apropiate file extension by examining MUXER_TYPE, so, he shouldnt
try to doit at all. Force -o and make some trivial tests to match
-of used with out_filename extension seems enough to me. Im updating
the patch, see it attached at the end of this thread.

Best regards

  Reynaldo

ps: could you make up a few lines for the documentation part?
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