# HG changeset patch
# User michael
# Date 1174994304 0
# Node ID 6797f7088d00c7b16c28e3279fd21759d1c1e8ce
# Parent  184d33cce3b6430b682ea7f71eb253d999b6d90d
codec id addition guidlines

diff -r 184d33cce3b6 -r 6797f7088d00 avcodec.h
--- a/avcodec.h	Tue Mar 27 07:28:52 2007 +0000
+++ b/avcodec.h	Tue Mar 27 11:18:24 2007 +0000
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 #define AV_TIME_BASE            1000000
 #define AV_TIME_BASE_Q          (AVRational){1, AV_TIME_BASE}
 
+/**
+ *
+ * if you add a codec id to this list add it so that
+ * 1. no value of a existing codec id changes (that would break ABI)
+ * 2. closest to similar codecs
+ */
 enum CodecID {
     CODEC_ID_NONE,
     CODEC_ID_MPEG1VIDEO,