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On 4 February 2015 at 17:26, Alexis Ballier <aballier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 10:12:12 +0100 |
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> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>> With the recent introduction of the libav USE flag, the Gentoo default |
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>> for ffmpeg vs libav is more pronounced than it was before (with libav |
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>> being listed first in || ( ) dependencies). |
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>> In the replies to http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7694982 |
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>> several users have expressed their preference for ffmpeg. |
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>> So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we |
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>> prefer libav over ffmpeg? |
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> good luck ! |
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> wait for other opinions, but I'd say: libav has a cleaner codebase and |
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> stricter development rules. (NB: some gentoo devs are member of the core |
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> libav dev team) |
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> IMHO, from a pure consumer POV where I want to play a random video and |
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> my programs using the libraries not to break, ffmpeg is much better |
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> (more codecs get in faster, API is preserved a bit longer), so I never |
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> understood nor agreed with that choice of default. |
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I think for our users the latter is more important. |
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After all the discussion we had here and on the forums, |
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I propose we change the default to ffmpeg. |
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Thoughts? |
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Cheers, |
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Ben | yngwin |
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