Request : add "vp8" to libavformat/rawenc.c

[pquiring]

Summary of the bug:

Please add an entry to libavformat/rawenc.c for VP8 (VP9/ VPX?).

Thanks.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Isn't the extension for raw VP8 and raw VP9 ivf?

Do you have any samples for the raw file type you mean?

[pquiring]

IVF is a container format, I need a raw format.

I'm using vp8 to encode/decode video on the fly (VoIP softphone) so there is no file type to refer to.

RFC is still in draft : ​http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-payload-vp8-10

Here is what I think should be added to libavformat/rawenc.c:

#if CONFIG_VPX_MUXER
AVOutputFormat ff_vpx_muxer = {

.name = "vpx",
.long_name = NULL_IF_CONFIG_SMALL("raw vpx"),
.extensions = "vpx",
.audio_codec = AV_CODEC_ID_NONE,
.video_codec = AV_CODEC_ID_VP8,
.write_packet = ff_raw_write_packet,
.flags = AVFMT_NOTIMESTAMPS,

};
#endif

Something to that effect.
If not possible, that's okay. I just register a new AVOutputFormat myself for now and it works.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Replying to pquiring:

IVF is a container format, I need a raw format.

Yes, of course.

Is there an application that would be able to decode such raw files? (Which application?)
If not, it is probably a bad idea to allow writing such files.

[pquiring]

Ok, disregard then, thanks.

[compn]

if this is required for some voip softphone project, it can be added.
just we dont want to add it now, until we know what needs to be done properly.

[Carl Eugen Hoyos]

Please consider sending your patch to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list where more people can comment.