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Here's is the relevant Debian maintainers explanation of why he chose libav

over ffmpeg:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-multimedia-maintainers/2011...
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:49 AM, Rustom Mody  wrote:
> Ive seen some postings here recently recommending ffmpeg, so I thought I'd

quoted text
> ask this (somewhat political) question:

> All that I know is that as an ordinary mostly-ignoramus user, Ive used

> ffmpeg on and off and then one day my debian updates told me ffmpeg is

> obsolete use libav.

> Did that and have found that some things that used to work with ffmpeg

> stopped with libav (dont exactly remember the details).

> Currently it appears that for using ffmpeg one needs to compile from

> source.

>

> Since people are recommending use of ffmpeg am I to understand that the

> headache is worth it?

>

> http://blog.pkh.me/p/13-the-ffmpeg-libav-situation.html seems to say that

> ffmpeg is integrating libav patches and not vice versa

>

> [Sorry for asking a political question]

>

> Rusi

>

> --

> http://www.the-magus.in

> http://blog.languager.org

>

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