[FFmpeg-devel] liba52 support

[Robert Swain]

2008/9/1 Justin Ruggles <justin.ruggles at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I propose we drop liba52 support from lavc.  It isn't needed now, and
> there are very few advantages to keeping it around.
>
> pros: - stable & has been around a long time
>      - can be compiled to do fixed-point decoding
>
> cons: - slower (except maybe fixed-point mode?)
>      - no error concealment / loses sync on error
>      - no E-AC-3 support
>      - will always be GPL
>      - it's an external dependency

If you don't want to keep it around for any reason, then +1.

Rob