On 4 February 2015 at 17:26, Alexis Ballier <aball...@gentoo.org> wrote: > 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.
I think for our users the latter is more important. After all the discussion we had here and on the forums, I propose we change the default to ffmpeg. Thoughts? -- Cheers, Ben | yngwin Gentoo developer
