In the past, ffmpeg was maintained in Debian. Later Debian maintainers
switched to maintaining libav. Whilst it is possible to offer both
stacks, nobody has step up to maintain ffmpeg stack in Debian. Ubuntu
also does not have capacity to maintain ffmpeg stack at this time. If
you wish to see a supported ffmpeg stack in both Debian and Ubuntu,
please become a developer and start maintaining it in Debian. So far
such group of people did not produce such work. Until the situation
changes, Ubuntu is going to provide the only packaged and available
stack - libav.
** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix
** Changed in: libav (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1263278
Title:
Use FFmpeg instead of Libav
Status in “libav” package in Ubuntu:
Won't Fix
Status in “libav” package in Debian:
New
Bug description:
Libav is supposed to be a drop-in replacement of FFmpeg.
However, it isn't.
For example, many software uses libswresample, it is simply missing in Libav.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12651816/libswresample-in-recent-ubuntu-version
https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/2322
BTW, the mindset of Libav is annoying at best.
http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9477115/who-can-tell-me-the-difference-and-relation-between-ffmpeg-libav-and-avconv
So I hope that Ubuntu can switch back to FFmpeg; let more software build.
Debian's political preference, e.g., Iceweasel, shouldn't affect a lot of
Ubuntu users out there.
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