On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 10:12:12 +0100 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> With the recent introduction of the libav USE flag, the Gentoo default > for ffmpeg vs libav is more pronounced than it was before (with libav > being listed first in || ( ) dependencies). > > In the replies to http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=7694982 > several users have expressed their preference for ffmpeg. > > So can someone please remind me what are the technical reasons why we > prefer libav over ffmpeg? good luck ! wait for other opinions, but I'd say: libav has a cleaner codebase and stricter development rules. (NB: some gentoo devs are member of the core libav dev team) IMHO, from a pure consumer POV where I want to play a random video and my programs using the libraries not to break, ffmpeg is much better (more codecs get in faster, API is preserved a bit longer), so I never understood nor agreed with that choice of default. Alexis.
