[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH 2/2] av_helpers: show libav* version and configuration.

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:27:37AM +0100, Nicolas George wrote:
> Regarding the removal of avcodec_init:
> > I don't mind, but I don't know if it might not hurt some distros if
> > they try to link against some older version (I have no idea when this
> > change was made in FFmpeg).
> 
> avcodec_init has been deprecated five months ago, but it has been useless
> since three years. As mplayer can usually not be built against a four months
> old ffmpeg, I believe it is safe to remove it.

In that case agreed, I just didn't know and wanted to make sure it is
considered.