I've stumbled across this: http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html
I did some more digging and got the same from the other side. The short version is they all hate each other and they each claim that they're merging perfect, well-reviewed, properly-designed code and the other side is merging piles of crap and refusing to play nice. Okay so: - libav is garbage, full of hacks, loaded with massive security concerns, breaks things for existing users, and is only used by Ubuntu because it's in Debian and/or because some key Ubuntu/Debian developers are also libav developers. - ffmpeg is old garbage, run by idiots, filled with useless crap to make it look good, and loaded with garbage code that undergoes no review. Plus they steal from libav without attribution. - libav gets a lot more developer attention, reviews everything, and merges everything that goes into ffmpeg. They're careful to fix anything broken and ugly. - ffmpeg has grown much faster than libav, has better code review, and carries a lot more features without breaking things. This can't all parse at once. Something is wrong here. Will somebody please explain what's going on?
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