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

[Lynne]

Feb 29, 2024, 02:50 by vittorio.giovara at gmail.com:

> 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
>

We offer support for it. Someone must have used it.
I'm sure there are less used game codecs we support than Sonic.