opposite of parse

[Tim-Philipp Müller]

On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 08:32 -0400, Josh Doe wrote:

> Silly question: what's the opposite of parse? I'm working with a
> proprietary video container that only stores uncompressed frames
> (simple header, minimal footers). I've written *parse (using
> GstBaseParse), but now I need to be able to write to this format. *enc
> doesn't make sense, since there's no encoding, and likewise with *mux
> since there's no multiplexing (only video frames stored, no audio).

We tend to use 'enc' for that case as well, e.g. y4menc or wavenc.

People have also suggested 'format', but it hasn't caught on. I think
*mux or *enc is much more intuitive.

Cheers
 -Tim