Re: [xine-devel] External ffmpeg

[Michael R. <mr...@us...>]

Hi Mike,

> > Does this mean that we don't have to include ffmpeg inside xine-lib? Is
> > there any advantage of keeping it the way we have it now versus using
> > ffmpeg as a external shared library?
>
> 	Sure there are advantages to the current method. Mostly for the
> end user. It's not fun for the user to have to install so much external
> stuff to get a minimally functional player.
>
> 	I do not know of any plan to make ffmpeg support external. Maybe I
> missed something?

You did not. I think having external ffmpeg as a configure option is a good 
idea, but we should still maintain our local copy.

Michael

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