Use cases: - transcode camcorder videos into something I can share with family and friends over the internet - sometimes improve them (e.g. deshacking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYE3KAl8RAQ&feature=youtu.be) - automatically build thumbnails and navigation tree of my home videos collection for viewing on different flavours of home media players, ranging from HTPC to tablets - transcode my archived audio collection to support newer media players
avconv/libav has been doing an OK job, but has not improved over the past two years. So I gave ffmpeg a try and it is so much better. Moreover, at some point in the Fall of 2013 avconv had a regression and would not properly transcode my live lecture recordings (plain WAV) to AAC. Reading about the fork and the circumstances that lead to the current situation, all I can say is that: (1) competition is good (2) variety is the spice of life (3) I wish both projects well (4) I, as a user, made a choice, and I wish that the debian/ubuntu maintainers of the libav project would respect that user choice. Lucky me, there is an easy solution: https://launchpad.net/~jon-severinsson/+archive/ffmpeg # Replace avconv with the real ffmpeg # www.askubuntu.com/a/373509/165265 # sudo apt-get purge libav-tools sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jon-severinsson/ffmpeg sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get install ffmpeg sudo apt-get install frei0r-plugins # recommended sudo apt-get --purge autoremove -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1263278/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
