changeset 1285:202d9e2dc202

-vcodec option (maybe some other name would be better though) to select between driver types without editing codecs.conf. mplayer will default to normal codec search loop if it does not find codec for the specified driver type. config range checking for the parameter (an integer) should be cleaned, IMHO

--- a/cfg-mplayer.h	Fri Jul 06 20:00:22 2001 +0000
+++ b/cfg-mplayer.h	Fri Jul 06 21:17:22 2001 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 extern char *mDisplayName;
 #endif
 
+extern int force_vcodec;
+
 struct config conf[]={
 	/* name, pointer, type, flags, min, max */
 	{"include", cfg_include, CONF_TYPE_FUNC_PARAM, 0, 0, 0}, /* this must be the first!!! */
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
 	{"display", &mDisplayName, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},
 #endif
 	{"osdlevel", &osd_level, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 0, 2 },
+	{"vcodec", &force_vcodec, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, 1, 5 },
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCSS
         {"dvdauth", &dvd_auth_device, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},
         {"dvdkey", &dvdimportkey, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0},

--- a/mplayer.c	Fri Jul 06 20:00:22 2001 +0000
+++ b/mplayer.c	Fri Jul 06 21:17:22 2001 +0000
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@
 //int has_video=1;
 int audio_format=0; // override
 
+int force_vcodec=-1;
+
 #ifdef USE_DIRECTSHOW
 int allow_dshow=1;
 #else
@@ -1164,10 +1166,17 @@
 
 // Go through the codec.conf and find the best codec...
 sh_video->codec=NULL;
+if (force_vcodec!=-1) printf("Trying to use forced video codec driver %d ...\n",force_vcodec);
 while(1){
   sh_video->codec=find_codec(sh_video->format,
     sh_video->bih?((unsigned int*) &sh_video->bih->biCompression):NULL,sh_video->codec,0);
   if(!sh_video->codec){
+    if(force_vcodec!=-1) {
+      sh_video->codec=NULL; /* re-search */
+      printf("Can't find video codec for forced driver %d, defaulting to other drivers.\n",force_vcodec);
+      force_vcodec=-1;
+      continue;      
+    }
     printf("Can't find codec for video format 0x%X !\n",sh_video->format);
       printf("*** Try to upgrade %s from DOCS/codecs.conf\n",get_path("codecs.conf"));
       printf("*** If it's still not OK, then read DOCS/CODECS!\n");
@@ -1181,6 +1190,8 @@
     #endif
     exit(1);
   }
+  if(sh_video->codec->driver==force_vcodec) break;  /* OK, we find our codec */
+  if(force_vcodec!=-1&&sh_video->codec->driver!=force_vcodec) continue;
   if(!allow_dshow && sh_video->codec->driver==4) continue; // skip DShow
   break;
 }