[vlc-devel] Why not use ffaac by default?

[Marcos Mello]

Hi,

Currently VLC 1.2.0-git uses FAAD2 for AAC decoding (at least on Windows).
libavcodec (ffaac) is said to be much faster and is the dafault in MPlayer for
some time now.

I tested some videos I have here calling VLC with "--codec avcodec" and AAC
decoding works as expected. LATM/LOAS is also supported by libavcodec, BTW.

There was a lot of work in libavcodec AAC decoder since last year and I suppose
the code is mature enough.

Marcos