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FFmpeg Finally Releases Long-Awaited Version 0.5
An anonymous reader writes "After many years of release-free development, FFmpeg, the most widely used audio and video codec library, has finally returned to a regular release schedule with the long-awaited version 0.5. While the list of changes is far too long to list here, some high-profile improvements include the reverse-engineering of all Real video formats, WMV9/VC-1 support, AAC decoding, and of course vast performance improvements across the board. To commemorate the 'lively' discussions predating the release, 0.5 is codenamed 'half-way to world domination A.K.A. the belligerent blue bike shed.' The new version can be downloaded from the official website." As another reader points out, FFmpeg is what makes some open source multimedia apps (like MPlayer, Xine, VLC and Kdenlive) so versatile.
How is one release after "many years" of nothing a "regular release cycle"? Wouldn't that require, at minimum, two consecutive releases? What if the next release isn't for another 5 years? Unless you're suggesting that is in fact their "regular release" schedule.
Maybe this was the reader who pointed it out?!
Can we say, "Too soon to tell" if this is going to be on a release schedule?
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19 year old 'adult' women, married or not- who are pregnant?
the whole point of tracking teen pregnancy is how disadvantaged the resulting children are likely to be.
How marginally different is it really just because the mother in question is married.-when it's at age 19..
yeah.. given the choice- I'd feel far less concern about the birth to a 30 year old single mother than a 19 year old married mother
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It is interesting that his follows closely on the heels of the FAAC 1.28 Release and FAAD2 2.7 Release after an over 2 year haitus. On the other hand, the developer mailing list is quite active considering I get sourceforge-marked [SPAM] between 5-10 times per day.
But they WILL sue companies that distribute these patented codecs. This is the real root of the problem is that Ubuntu, Fedora, etc, etc cannot distribute a fully functional multimedia system without paying prohibitive royalties.
It is true that no individual is going to get sued for installing ffmpeg with everything compiled in, it isn't cost effective.
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Well FFMPEG has never been intended for the end use, that's for stuff like FFDSHOW, and VLC.