On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:56:36 +0200 Krzysztof Duchnowski <amidk75 at gmail.com> wrote: > Attila Kinali pisze: > > >> But that it seems to user. At Ubuntu from 04.2008 it's ffmpeg CVS from > >> 03.2007 so... almost as dead. > >> In fact, developers of Ubuntu force Gstreamer as a main decoder. > > > And Gstreamer uses ffmpeg in the back, without telling you > > (they link staticaly against ffmpeg like MPlayer does) > > > No. It's special "gstreamer-ffmpeg" package from "unsupported" repo that > user must install on it's own. So, you are telling us that gstreamer has written a new codec library for every codec out there in just a few years, while developing a DShow drop in replacement? I highly doubt that. ffmpeg is _the_codec_library_ every OSS player project uses it. There is no way around it, unless you stick to MPEG1/2 only. Attila Kinali -- If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to walk far, walk together. -- African proverb
