I'd like to add to the discussion a fact I just discovered. As far as I know (I spent a while googling, if I'm wrong someone correct me please), there is *NO* alternative for ffmpeg regarding codecs. There might be one or two codec source codes out there, but as a package, ffmpeg is the only one. Xine sure works in some things, but it's exclusive for gnu/linux (ffmpeg is cross-platform), and in some parts it ends up depending on ffmpeg. In other words, for all purposes, ffmpeg is indeed a monopoly (I'm not saying it's illegal or their fault, I'm just stating that there's no competition to ffmpeg yet). And as a result, we are at the mercy of one programming team and the decisions they make. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
