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From: Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 09:24:09
Message-Id: CAB9SyzTMwQ_+822DAqVRtPsUQv=UZYGC7CN4Rjx1qTuEjRGT7g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default by "Michał Górny"
1 On 4 February 2015 at 17:21, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 > Dnia 2015-02-04, o godz. 10:12:12
3 > Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> napisał(a):
4 >
5 >> With the recent introduction of the libav USE flag, the Gentoo default
6 >> for ffmpeg vs libav is more pronounced than it was before (with libav
7 >> being listed first in || ( ) dependencies).
8 >>
9 >> In the replies to http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7694982
10 >> several users have expressed their preference for ffmpeg.
11 >>
12 >> So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we
13 >> prefer libav over ffmpeg?
14
15 From an upstream that I care about:
16 https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FFmpeg-versus-Libav
17
18 Based on that I would say we should switch back the default to ffmpeg.
19 --
20 Cheers,
21
22 Ben | yngwin
23 Gentoo developer

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default Pacho Ramos <pacho@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default "Jason A. Donenfeld" <zx2c4@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default "vivo75@×××××.com" <vivo75@×××××.com>