Quoting Petter Reinholdtsen (2015-05-19 13:46:16) > > Control: severity -1 wishlist > > [Jonas Smedegaard] >> Hi Petter, > > Hi, Jonas. Thank you for the quick reply. > >> Deep down in the manpage for avprobe is mentioned that input isn't >> really bare filename but a URL, defaulting to file: protocol. >> >> Therefore a filename foo:bar is treated as resource bar via protocol >> foo. To use filenames with colon you can explicitly state protocol >> as file:foo:bar. > > Right. I did not know that. Then I guess what I am asking for is a > nicer fallback when the protocol is unknown and the string matches an > existing file name. In that case, I believe it make more sense to > open the file instead of giving an error about an unknown protocol. > It would for me be more according to the principle of least surprise.
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. 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. > And I am happy to report that my problem indeed is solved by adding > file: in front of the file name: Good to hear that :-) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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