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News
</h1>
+ <a id="aac_encoder_stable"></a><h3>The native FFmpeg encoder is now
stable!</h3>
+ <p>
+ After seven years the native FFmpeg AAC encoder has had its experimental
flag
+ removed and declared as ready for general use. The encoder is transparent
+ at 128kbps for most samples tested with artifacts only appearing in extreme
+ cases. Subjective quality tests put the encoder to be of equal or greater
+ quality than most of the other encoders available to the public.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Licensing has always been an issue with encoding AAC audio as most of the
+ encoders have had a license making FFmpeg unredistributable if compiled
with
+ support for them. The fact that there now exists a fully open and truly
+ free AAC encoder integrated directly within the project means a lot to
those
+ who wish to use accepted and widespread standards.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ The majority of the work done to bring the encoder up to quality was
started
+ duing this year's GSoC by developer Claudio Freire and Rostislav
Pehlivanov.
+ Both continued to work on the encoder with the latter joining as a
developer
+ and mainainer, working on other parts of the project as well. Also, thanks
+ to <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/kamedo2/";>Kamedo2</a> who does
comparisons
+ and tests, the original authors and all past and current contributors to
the
+ encoder. Users are suggested and encouraged to use the encoder and provide
+ feedback or breakage reports through our <a
href="https://trac.ffmpeg.org/";>bug tracker</a>.
+ </p>
+
<a id="thanks_sponsor_0001"></a><h3>Telepoint & MediaHub are now supporting
our project</h3>
<p>
A big thank you note goes to our newest supporters: MediaHub and Telepoint.
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