Better implementation of the test codec

Author: Mr-DaveDev

event.c

@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static void event_ffmpeg_newfile(struct context *cnt,
     unsigned char *convbuf, *y, *u, *v;
     char stamp[PATH_MAX];
     const char *moviepath;
-    char codec[8];
+    const char *codec;
     long codenbr;
 
     if (!cnt->conf.ffmpeg_output && !cnt->conf.ffmpeg_output_debug)
@@ -629,46 +629,50 @@ static void event_ffmpeg_newfile(struct context *cnt,
      *  motion movies get the same name as normal movies plus an appended 'm'
      *  PATH_MAX - 4 to allow for .mpg to be appended without overflow
      */
-     /* Set up a testing / evaluation codec which will use a different
-      * codec for the events.
+
+     /* The following section allows for testing of all the various containers
+      * that Motion permits. The container type is pre-pended to the name of the
+      * file so that we can determine which container type created what movie.
+      * The intent for this is be used for developer testing when the ffmpeg libs
+      * change or the code inside our ffmpeg module changes.  For each event, the
+      * container type will change.  This way, you can turn on emulate motion, then
+      * specify a maximum movie time and let Motion run for days creating all the
+      * different types of movies checking for crashes, warnings, etc.
      */
-    snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", cnt->conf.ffmpeg_video_codec);
+    codec = cnt->conf.ffmpeg_video_codec;
     if (strcmp(codec, "test") == 0) {
         MOTION_LOG(NTC, TYPE_ENCODER, NO_ERRNO, "%s Running test of the various output formats.");
-        codenbr = cnt->event_nr;
-        while (codenbr > 10){
-          codenbr -= 10;
-        }
+        codenbr = cnt->event_nr % 10;
         switch (codenbr) {
         case 1:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "mpeg4");
+            codec = "mpeg4";
             break;
         case 2:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "msmpeg4");
+            codec = "msmpeg4";
             break;
         case 3:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "swf");
+            codec = "swf";
             break;
         case 4:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "flv");
+            codec = "flv";
             break;
         case 5:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "ffv1");
+            codec = "ffv1";
             break;
         case 6:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "mov");
+            codec = "mov";
             break;
         case 7:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "mp4");
+            codec = "mp4";
             break;
         case 8:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "mkv");
+            codec = "mkv";
             break;
         case 9:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "hevc");
+            codec = "hevc";
             break;
         default:
-            snprintf(codec, sizeof(codec), "%s", "msmpeg4");
+            codec = "msmpeg4";
             break;
         }
         snprintf(cnt->motionfilename, PATH_MAX - 4, "%s/%s_%sm", cnt->conf.filepath, codec, stamp);