On Fri, Jun 06, 2014 at 04:01:10PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > On 2014-06-05, James Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And to clarify a bit, in 0.18 the mp4ff plugin was removed which > > provided m4a support from audio/faad so it appears ffmpeg is the only > > option now for m4a support. > > That's a pity because ffmpeg is a heavy dependency. That said, if > you are already switching to ffmpeg, can you then drop some of mpd's > other dependencies? ffmpeg should also be able to decode MP3, > Vorbis, FLAC, and Opus, so it seems silly to bother with separate > plugins for these. > > (I don't use mpd, but this is a general issue with these kitchen > sink A/V applications.)
I fully agree with that. If we are to bring the monster over, then kill the minions please. -- Antoine
