Bug#785690: libav-tools: avprobe fail on file with colon in the name

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen (2015-05-20 12:51:43)
> [Jonas Smedegaard]
>> Such changed logic is too invasive in my opinion: It would mean that 
>> a local file "hw:0" in current dir would break documented way of 
>> reading ALSA hardware device #0.
>
> Not really.  I proposed to only do it for (1) unknown protocols where 
> (2) the file exist.  Both need to be true for my proposal to make 
> sense. I assume hw: is a known protocol.  If it isn't, I fail to 
> understand how hw:0 can work. :)

Ah, you are right! :-)

I agree that suggestion makes good sense.


>> Seems better to me to treat this as a documentation issue: More 
>> consistently use the term URL instead of FILE, and move the note 
>> about default file: protocol closer to the top of the document.
>
> Well, for me a better error message would have helped, if it had
> suggested to use file:.  I doubt better documentation would have made me
> less surprised.

Also a good suggestion.

These are both better suited to pass upstream.  Will you do that?

libav-tools copyright file states that their preferred contact is 
libav-devel at libav.org


 - Jonas

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