[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Remove Sonic experimental audio codec

[Mike Melanson]

On 02/28/2011 08:26 AM, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> On date Monday 2011-02-28 14:49:22 +0000, Mans Rullgard encoded:
>> Since initially committed in 2004, this codec has only been touched
>> for maintenanance.  Functionally, it contains no novel ideas and
>> its intended audience is better served by existing mature codecs.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard<mans at mansr.com>
>> ---
>>   MAINTAINERS            |    1 -
>>   configure              |    3 -
>>   libavcodec/Makefile    |    3 -
>>   libavcodec/allcodecs.c |    2 -
>>   libavcodec/sonic.c     |  977 ------------------------------------------------
>>   5 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
>>   delete mode 100644 libavcodec/sonic.c
>
> Why was it designed/added in the first place?

Experimental research codec, added by Alex B. and not touched since 
2004. Back then, standards were much more lax about what code got into 
the FFmpeg codebase (which explains how I got so much code committed :) 
). These days, the same kind of experimental codec wouldn't live up to 
our standards for inclusion.

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     -Mike Melanson