On 02/02/2015 05:45, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > this is *NO* complaint/critsim neither implicitely nor explicitely! > > I am just curious... ;) > > What is the (technical) reason for makeing libav the default instead > of ffmpeg? > > > Best regards, > Meino > >
It's not really a default as such. That area has been reworked in portage over the last few weeks and the ebuilds try to figure out what you want. The USE flags are also confusing, for the longest time USE=ffmpeg" meant you want av codecs, while USE-libav meant you have codecs and want to use libav instead of ffmpeg :-) Two huge threads on -dev since about mid-Jan cover this are, you should find them on gmane. Subject lines are: RFC: USE=libav as replacement for broken || ( libav:= ffmpeg:= ) RFCv2: USE=avcodec (+ USE=ffmpeg/libav) -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
