[Nix-dev] ffmpeg defaults

[Lluís Batlle i Rossell]

On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 08:38:01PM +0100, Mathijs Kwik wrote:
> +1 enable
> 
> Only thing to watch mind: overlapping codecs/defaults.
> xvid decoding is probably handled by some generic mpeg4 codec at the
> moment, which might be better/worse than xvid itself.
> I don't know a whole lot about ffmpeg, so maybe this isn't an issue at
> all (probably players decide this stuff, not ffmpeg itself).

I was caring more on encoding... ffmpeg has a 'vorbis' codec, but it's
experimental and failed to work for me. Adding 'libvorbis' makes the process
smooth. Same for xvid; I have a TV player that only understands xvid, and I'd
get benefit from xvid encoding there.

So I think I'll enable those.

Regards,
Lluís.

> 2012/2/8 Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I see that the default ffmpeg is built without vorbis and xvid,, but with theora
> > and vpx.
> >
> > Shouldn't we better enable them? Anyone against?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lluís
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