[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 2/2] avcodec: remove sonic lossy/lossless audio

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2024, at 18:55, James Almer wrote:
> On 2/28/2024 10:31 AM, J. Dekker wrote:
>> 
>> Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> writes:
>> 
>>> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>>> On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 01:56:10PM +0100, J. Dekker wrote:
>>>> This was an experimental/research codec of which ffmpeg is the only
>>>> encoder and decoder,
>>>
>>>
>>>> development has stalled
>>>
>>> Thats not true, there was private dicussion making sonic the most
>>> advanced audio codec in FFmpeg a few months ago.
>>> Iam not saying that will happen, i am just saying there was a
>>> discussion about it. And that iam in principle interrested in
>>> working on this. Its possible i will not have enough time ...
>>>
>> 
>> The last commit which actually changed the codec was
>> 6026a5ad4f135476c7a1f51f8cfa7f4cc2ca0283 by you in 2013 which is over 10
>> years ago. For an experimental codec I think it's pretty safe to say
>> that development has stalled.
>> 
>> Keeping the codec around based on 'what if?'s doesn't seem
>> reasonable. Besides, if you do make sonic the most advanced audio codec
>> in FFmpeg there's nothing which says you couldn't re-add it at a later
>> date when it's being actively developed again.
>
> Does it hurt keeping it around? If it can at some point be developed 
> again, then removing the codec id to re-add it later will be a bit dirty.
>
> IMO, just disable both modules by default during configure, or tag the 
> encoder as experimental to prevent new streams to be created unless 
> explicitly requested knowing that it's an unfinished format.

+1

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