Re: [Mixxx-devel] Proposal: delete the VAMP plugin and SoundSource plugin code

2015-12-09 Thread Tuukka Pasanen
Hello, As some kind of 'maintainer' for FFMpeg Sound source I say If FFMpeg sound source is facing quality and performance problems they should be sorted out. Biggest problem with FFmpeg sound source is there ain't build that enables people to test with it. FFmpeg has been reworked in 2.1 (mas

Re: [Mixxx-devel] Proposal: delete the VAMP plugin and SoundSource plugin code

2015-12-09 Thread RJ Ryan
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Uwe Klotz wrote: > Yes, I agree. On the long run this is the way to go. > > On the other hand I would like to keep the current (= master/2.1) > SoundSourceM4A based on FAAD2 on Linux until the quality and performance of > SoundSourceFFmpeg is at least comparable. T

Re: [Mixxx-devel] Proposal: delete the VAMP plugin and SoundSource plugin code

2015-12-09 Thread Uwe Klotz
Yes, I agree. On the long run this is the way to go. On the other hand I would like to keep the current (= master/2.1) SoundSourceM4A based on FAAD2 on Linux until the quality and performance of SoundSourceFFmpeg is at least comparable. This also applies to SoundSourceMP3 based on libMAD even

[Mixxx-devel] Proposal: delete the VAMP plugin and SoundSource plugin code

2015-12-09 Thread RJ Ryan
Summary: the plugin systems have never been used for the purpose they were designed for. Let's delete them. The SoundSource plugins system comes from a time where we we very nervous about competing when others were offering M4A support and we were hamstrung on how to do so legally. Times have chan