On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 06:03:30PM +0200, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 04:01:10PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > On 2014-06-05, James Turner <ja...@calminferno.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > And to clarify a bit, in 0.18 the mp4ff plugin was removed which
> > > provided m4a support from audio/faad so it appears ffmpeg is the only
> > > option now for m4a support.
> > 
> > That's a pity because ffmpeg is a heavy dependency.  That said, if
> > you are already switching to ffmpeg, can you then drop some of mpd's
> > other dependencies?  ffmpeg should also be able to decode MP3,
> > Vorbis, FLAC, and Opus, so it seems silly to bother with separate
> > plugins for these.
> > 
> > (I don't use mpd, but this is a general issue with these kitchen
> > sink A/V applications.)
> 
> I fully agree with that.
> If we are to bring the monster over, then kill the minions please.
> 
> -- 
> Antoine
> 

I'll take a look at this tonight and see what can be dropped.

-- 
James Turner

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