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

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