[Ffmpeg-devel] Re: Compiling FFmpeg using ISO/C89 compiler

[Cian Duffy]

On 06/12/06, Steve Lhomme <slhomme at divxcorp.com> wrote:
>
> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > Steve Lhomme said:
> >> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> >>> Steve Lhomme said:
> >>>> M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> >>>>> Steve Lhomme said:
> >>>>>> Also note that this problem is due to the recent changes
> (improvements
> >>>>>> ???) to the configure script that consider that everything is
> available
> >>>>>> for every platform by default.
> >>>>> It does nothing of the kind.  The configure script *checks* what is
> available,
> >>>>> and uses only the things that are found.  Moreover, use of most
> external libs
> >>>>> must be explicitly requested, and only then will they be checked
> for.  Do not
> >>>>> speak in matters of which you do not know.
> >>>> I just checked the official SVN and this behaviour has changed
> (again)
> >>>> since there is much more code to handle the enabling/disabling of
> >>>> decoders (and others). You probably never looked at the configure
> script
> >>>> we are talking about (based on some older FFMPEG SVN). So check
> yourself
> >>>> before pointing fingers around.
> >>> I have not looked at your butchered version, and I have no intention
> to do so.
> >>> Someone else has already provided ample evidence that it doesn't work
> properly.
> >> It does work for us on both Windows and Mac which is what we support
> for
> >> the moment. Our goal is to have the best possible program for our
> needs,
> >> whatever they may be.
> >
> > Judging by the quality of your patches, I very much doubt you are
> anywhere close
> > to having the best possible program.
>
> zzz
>
> >> If our code happen to be useful for others, that's
> >> good for them, but we will not make compromises with the sole purpose
> of
> >> doing what FFMPEG should we able to do in the first place.
> >
> > And what, pray tell, is it you think ffmpeg should be able to do but
> isn't?
>
> - WMV/VC1, AC3, AAC, DTS, RealVideo40 decoding in the LGPL code, (VC1 is
> getting there)
> - DivX encoding using the DivX encoder,


You want other people to implement these codecs LGPL, and yet want to code
to use your firms binary decoder? I sense a slight failure of logic here...

Cian



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