[FFmpeg-soc] AAC Encoding - Where we stand, what's left

[Kostya]

On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:49:55PM -0700, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> On 07/07/2009 11:20 PM, Jai Menon wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Baptiste
>> Coudurier<baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On 07/07/2009 10:57 PM, Jai Menon wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Baptiste
>>>> Coudurier<baptiste.coudurier at gmail.com>    wrote:
>>>>> On 07/07/2009 10:12 PM, Alex Converse wrote:
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One other big thing: Improvements to faac helps many people right now.
>>>>>> People do (sadly) use faac for things. Improving the lavc encoder
>>>>>> really only helps you and me until it's fit to merge, and who knows
>>>>>> when that could be.
>>>>> That's true. On the other end, lavc encoder helps all users of lavc.
>>>> Well, there is that libfaac wrapper so...
>>> Well, isn't the purpose of the encoder to drop it ?
>>
>> Well, I was under the assumption that this was about the bigger
>> question of having a free aac encoder, and if Alex chooses to improve
>> libfaac and remove non free parts, then FFmpeg would still benefit.
>
> The project was started before the problem of license arised. The goal  
> of the project is to have an internal aac encoder.
>
> Should we stop having internal decoders/encoders ?

Personally I don't care since I'm going to finish this encoder sooner or
later. Now only where to find that time...