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| Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote Re: [Bug 1263278] [NEW] Use FFmpeg instead of Libav | #1 |
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On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Ma Xiaojun <email address hidden> wrote:
> Libav is supposed to be a drop-in replacement of FFmpeg.
It is not even supposed to be a replacement, it is the more continuous
successor what once was FFmpeg.
> For example, many software uses libswresample, it is simply missing in Libav.
They can easily be ported to libavresample.
BTW, neither libraries existed at the time the two projects split apart.
> So I hope that Ubuntu can switch back to FFmpeg; let more software build.
This would break a lot of software, produce more work for ubuntu
developers, and would cause less software to build.