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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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Alexis. |
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