[Bug 737599] Some decoders need AVI's header suggested buffer size

[GStreamer (bugzilla.gnome.org)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737599
  GStreamer | gst-plugins-base | git

Nicolas Dufresne (stormer) <nicolas.dufresne> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Nicolas Dufresne (stormer) <nicolas.dufresne at collabora.co.uk> 2014-09-29 17:25:05 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> I agree that this is not a general solution. However, I found out that the
> proprietary decoder (I do not have the sources) that I have to work with can
> decode some very specific files (interleaved divx on avi containers) only if it
> has a clue on the needed input buffer size.
> 
> I think that the the value in the AVI header can be considered a valuable hint
> on the input buffer size. As we have it, we can pass it around and it might be
> helpful (it actually is for me). I would say that is harmless to do so, we are
> just providing more information in case it is needed, regardless of any future
> more general solution.

No, if we commit to this, we will have to maintain it. Vendor specific code
should remain vendor specific. If we upstream a mechanism to solve this issue,
we should upstream the right one and commit to it.

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