FFmpeg Is Returning To Debian

[Azrael5]

Both libraries are similar, since libav is a fork of ffmpeg, but ffmpeg adds new features, bug and security fixes at a faster rate. So it mainly brings new features, allowing more software to be used on Debian that didn't work with libav, and possibly fixing a few bugs / adding new features with multimedia software (and maybe introducing a few bugs, too).


Another possible impact of this is that libav might die sooner or later. There are close to 0 users after Debian switches away from it.

Thanks for reply.

[TheCycoONE]

The fork was annoying, with both camps keeping all the same library names, and introducing the same changes at different internal versions. I won't mind not needing to write more code like this:
#if (defined(CORSIX_TH_USE_LIBAV) && LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < AV_VERSION_INT(55, 45, 101)) || (defined(CORSIX_TH_USE_FFMPEG) && LIBAVCODEC_VERSION_INT < AV_VERSION_INT(55, 28, 1))

[Krejzi]

Now even gst-libav switched back to ffmpeg. Makes me wonder now, who/what still uses libav today?