[LAU] ffmpeg or libav

[Dan MacDonald]

Here's is the relevant Debian maintainers explanation of why he chose libav
over ffmpeg:

http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011-December/023070.html

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ive seen some postings here recently recommending ffmpeg, so I thought I'd
> ask this (somewhat political) question:
> All that I know is that as an ordinary mostly-ignoramus user, Ive used
> ffmpeg on and off and then one day my debian updates told me ffmpeg is
> obsolete use libav.
> Did that and have found that some things that used to work with ffmpeg
> stopped with libav (dont exactly remember the details).
> Currently it appears that for using ffmpeg one needs to compile from
> source.
>
> Since people are recommending use of ffmpeg am I to understand that the
> headache is worth it?
>
> http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html seems to say that
> ffmpeg is integrating libav patches and not vice versa
>
> [Sorry for asking a political question]
>
> Rusi
>
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