[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v2] news: add a news entry for the AAC encoder experimental flag removal

[Ganesh Ajjanagadde]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 3:49 PM, Rostislav Pehlivanov
<atomnuker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Rostislav Pehlivanov <atomnuker at gmail.com>
> ---
>  src/index | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/src/index b/src/index
> index d1d4a58..ea2ca7e 100644
> --- a/src/index
> +++ b/src/index
> @@ -37,6 +37,32 @@
>      News
>    </h1>
>
> +  <a id="aac_encoder_stable"></a><h3>The native FFmpeg encoder is now stable!</h3>
> +  <p>
> +    After seven years the native FFmpeg AAC encoder has had its experimental flag
> +    removed and declared as ready for general use. The encoder is transparent
> +    at 128kbps for most samples tested with artifacts only appearing in extreme
> +    cases. Subjective quality tests put the encoder to be of equal or greater
> +    quality than most of the other encoders available to the public.
> +  </p>
> +  <p>
> +    Licensing has always been an issue with encoding AAC audio as most of the
> +    encoders have had a license making FFmpeg unredistributable if compiled with
> +    support for them. The fact that there now exists a fully open and truly
> +    free AAC encoder integrated directly within the project means a lot to those
> +    who wish to use accepted and widespread standards.
> +  </p>
> +  <p>
> +    The majority of the work done to bring the encoder up to quality was started
> +    duing this year's GSoC by developer Claudio Freire and Rostislav Pehlivanov.

duing -> during

> +    Both continued to work on the encoder with the latter joining as a developer
> +    and mainainer, working on other parts of the project as well. Also, thanks
> +    to <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/kamedo2/">Kamedo2</a> who does comparisons
> +    and tests, the original authors and all past and current contributors to the
> +    encoder. Users are suggested and encouraged to use the encoder and provide
> +    feedback or breakage reports through our <a href="https://trac.ffmpeg.org/">bug tracker</a>.
> +  </p>
> +

else LGTM.

>    <a id="thanks_sponsor_0001"></a><h3>Telepoint & MediaHub are now supporting our project</h3>
>    <p>
>      A big thank you note goes to our newest supporters: MediaHub and Telepoint.
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> 2.6.2
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