# HG changeset patch
# User reimar
# Date 1261730937 0
# Node ID 124057c64264fd82148ee45533817c0a8533e814
# Parent  1957c654b56dc6897eb7b337fb1c45501a31234a
Add a (unfortunately rather long) explanation on how and when to use it
to the file extension -> demuxer mapping list.

diff -r 1957c654b56d -r 124057c64264 libmpdemux/extension.c
--- a/libmpdemux/extension.c	Thu Dec 24 18:20:03 2009 +0000
+++ b/libmpdemux/extension.c	Fri Dec 25 08:48:57 2009 +0000
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
 
 /*
  * An autodetection based on the extension is not a good idea, but we don't care ;-)
+ *
+ * You should not anything here where autodetection can be easily fixed except in
+ * order to speed up auto-detection, in particular for formats that are often streamed.
+ * In particular you should not normally add any DEMUXER_TYPE_LAVF, adding the
+ * format to preferred_list in libmpdemux/demuxer_lavf.c will usually achieve
+ * the same effect in a much more reliable way.
  */
 static struct {
         const char *extension;