Would it not be a good idea to use: - #include <stdint.h> and then use uint8_t, uint16_t etc. in one's code.
I think that would make code more portable. There are lots of other things to consider, but stdint.h would fix the problem below. Cheers James > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adam C > Powell IV > Sent: 28 August 2001 22:05 > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Cc: xine development list > Subject: [xine-devel] Re: searching for xine testers > > > Michel Dänzer wrote: > > >Siggi Langauf wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Michel Dänzer wrote: > >> > >>>Siggi Langauf wrote: > >>> > >>>Also, I was excited at first to see that it has an ffmpeg plugin, but I > >>>couldn't play MJPEG nor DivX files, is that to be expected? > >>> > >>This is expected to work, but I think ffmpeg still has some problems on > >>big endian machines. Any volunteers are welcome ;-) > >> > > > >The strange thing is that it said it couldn't find a decoder for > both file > >types, even though it showed the correct ID (verified with > xanim, which plays > >the MJPEG files). Endianness bug with the type detection? > > > Remember, endianness is not the only difference. PPC also assumes > unsigned char (ARM too). That has caused headaches in other programs > before which were endian-clean, e.g. gnome-pim and gnucash, and from the > number of warnings during my last E 0.16.x build of the type "Warning: > branch never reached due to limited range of data type," I'm surprised > there have been no big bugs there. (Though with gnucash, we thought it > was not char-safe, so the maintainer was passing -funsigned-char, but it > was, so there was a conflict with the C libraries... that one was tough > to find!) > > Zeen, > -- > > -Adam P. > > GPG fingerprint: D54D 1AEE B11C CE9B A02B C5DD 526F 01E8 564E E4B6 > > Welcome to the best software in the world today cafe! > <http://lyre.mit.edu/%7Epowell/The_Best_Stuff_In_The_World_Today_Cafe.ogg> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > xine-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xine-devel
