[MPlayer-dev-eng] internal libmpeg2 status (and necessity), Linux 2.4 drivers

[Diego Biurrun]

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 08:44:01PM -0400, compn wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:40:19 +0100, Diego Biurrun wrote:
> >On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 02:16:12PM -0400, compn wrote:
> >> 
> >> can you still build ffmpeg against libmpeg2 ? no.
> >
> >That was never possible, you are mixing up libmpeg2 with something else.
> 
> oops, you are correct.
> 
> i compare ffmpeg v libmpeg2 output on corrupt and rare samples often.

Why do you need the internal lib for that?

> vlc and xbmc still link against both libs:
> http://wiki.videolan.org/VLC_Features_Formats
> http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=XBMC_related_projects_and_sites

VLC only builds against libmpeg2 if avcodec is disabled:

21:35 < courmisch> DonDiego: libmpeg2! you moved to archeology?
21:36 < courmisch> libmpeg2 is deader than dead
21:37 < courmisch> Even VLC does not use it anymore (except for --disable-avcodec)

Diego