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

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:22:56AM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> On 6/11/2009 2:43 AM, Ivan Kalvachev wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Well the only thing missing is psychoacoustic model.

What are we waiting for to implement it?  Where's the SoC slot for it?
:)

Diego