[vlc-devel] [PATCH/RFC] libswresample based audio resampler.

[Måns Rullgård]

Alexis Ballier <aballier at gentoo.org> writes:

> On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:15:08 +0100
> Måns Rullgård <mans at mansr.com> wrote:
>
>> "Rémi Denis-Courmont" <remi at remlab.net> writes:
>> 
>> > Le dimanche 15 avril 2012 17:44:16 Alexis Ballier, vous avez écrit :
>> >> As in subject, not very well tested, nor benchmarked. It's rather a
>> >> RFC than a patch submission.
>> >
>> > Please test SERIOUSLY. Check upsamplimg and downsampling. Try
>> > changing the playback rate on the fly.
>> 
>> libswresample only exists in the ffmpeg fork, and for good reason.
>> Please wait for the proper libavresample currently under review.
>> 
>
> Problem with libavresample is that it'll land in libav master, and will
> probably be available with next major libav release. The one that will
> come with libavcodec/format 54, effectively delaying its wide adoption.

You can always take a snapshot whenever you like.

> OTOH, there's the not so perfect libswresample, which still
> does what its asked to do and has been available for 6 months in
> ffmpeg master, and since ffmpeg 0.9.

It will never be in libav master, which also happens to be the true
master.  The ffmpeg fork is only kept on life support by a few holdouts.
Nobody knows how long they'll stick around.

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