[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Default to using libraries when enabled

[Ivan Kalvachev]

On 6/11/09, David Conrad <lessen42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 31, 2009, at 9:20 PM, David Conrad wrote:
>
>> On May 28, 2009, at 6:50 AM, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>
>>> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:33:44AM +0100, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>>>>> Diego Biurrun <diego at biurrun.de> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 08:20:36PM -0400, David Conrad wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This changes the order of initialization so that external
>>>>>>> libraries
>>>>>>> that are enabled are used by default over native codecs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did this on purpose, native implementations should be preferred.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even when the native implementations are worse than using /dev/
>>>>> random?
>>>>
>>>> Then that native implementation should be removed or treated
>>>> separately.
>>>
>>> So, who's in favour of removing/disabling the native vorbis bitstream
>>> writer?
>>
>> Well I haven't heard anyone object, so I'll disable it in a week if
>> noone pipes up. The code will still be in svn for anyone that wants
>> to revive it.
>
> I went ahead and disabled the encoder with Diego's suggestions; it's a
> one line change if anyone wants to revive it in the future, but for
> now noone should be confused as to why they get so low quality with
> Vorbis.

Sorry for coming late.

I don't like that trend. The vorbis encoder is not the only encoder
that produces
worse quality than alternative tools. This applies to mp2, ac3, and probably
any other audio and video encoder.

I thought it is ffmpeg policy to don't babysit users.