From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BE05138A1A for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 09:55:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BCB40E0A9D; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 09:55:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DB234E08FC for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 09:55:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-f49.google.com (mail-la0-f49.google.com [209.85.215.49]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: zx2c4) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7A554340688 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 09:55:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f49.google.com with SMTP id gf13so580155lab.8 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:55:18 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.181.165 with SMTP id dx5mr28821776lbc.89.1423043718762; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:55:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.25.207.133 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 01:55:18 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150204102149.36bd1dba@pomiot.lan> References: <21713.57964.637528.356597@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20150204102149.36bd1dba@pomiot.lan> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 10:55:18 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ffmpeg vs libav choice of default From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: Ulrich Mueller Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c36e0e5b5819050e402ffe X-Archives-Salt: 1902e085-72dd-49e0-92be-b147a4a300fc X-Archives-Hash: 4dc46b31fc7bdbcdc5b2baee4650a259 --001a11c36e0e5b5819050e402ffe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny = wrote: > Dnia 2015-02-04, o godz. 10:12:12 > Ulrich Mueller napisa=C5=82(a): > > > So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we > > prefer libav over ffmpeg? > > We have a developer inside > I think it's time to end this cronyism, and instead examine things on their technical merit alone. I believe we should go with the opinion of the upstream mpv authors, who make a very clear and compelling case for ffmpeg as default. --001a11c36e0e5b5819050e402ffe Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny <mgorny@gentoo= .org> wrote:
Dnia 2015-02-0= 4, o godz. 10:12:12
Ulrich Mueller <ulm@gentoo.org>= napisa=C5=82(a):

> So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we<= br> > prefer libav over ffmpeg?

We have a developer inside

= I think it's time to end this cronyism, and instead examine things on t= heir technical merit alone. I believe we should go with the opinion of the = upstream mpv authors, who make a very clear and compelling case for ffmpeg = as default.
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