Re: Re: Debian Multimedia (Unofficial) Promotion
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr> wrote:
>
> I also would like a clear explanation of the rationale behind libav versus
> ffmpeg. The two are diverging both in term of includes, API and probably in
> term of codec robustness also.
Suitable answers have already been given by the main maintainer of the
libav packages. See [1] and [2].
> What do other distribution use? What number of commit, bug fix,
> modified/added line per month in both?
I can't comment about what other distros use as I don't really follow
what they do. Both libav and ffmpeg are actively developed. I don't
know if anyone has done this level of analysis that you're asking
however.
> debian-multimedia packages are build around ffmpeg not libav. You should at
> least explain the user what the difference are.
>
> --eric
1. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2011-May/000891.html
2. http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-December/023070.html
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~ Andres
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