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

[Vittorio Giovara]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 11:13 PM Lynne <dev at lynne.ee> wrote:

> Feb 28, 2024, 14:29 by michael at niedermayer.cc:
>
> > 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 ...
> >
>
> I would strongly prefer for it to be kept around as well.
>
> Otherwise it creates precedence to throw out codecs if they're
> not popular enough, and we're known for being able to play
> most formats ever created.
>

IMO there is a big difference between a game codec and an experimental
codec that hasn't come out of ffmpeg
-- 
Vittorio