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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] MP4 global use flag
From:       Steve Dibb <beandog () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2008-06-26 13:22:21
Message-ID: 4863980D.2020004 () gentoo ! org
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Josh Saddler wrote:
> Steve Dibb wrote:
>> Any objections to moving MP4 from a local to a global USE flag.  For 
>> the record, MP4 is a multimedia container to store multiple 
>> audio/video formats in.
>>
>> Currently we have 4 ebuilds using it, all for the same description.
> 
> 4 doesn't sound quite worthy of global, yet. However, there are 
> 70-someodd packages that use "aac" -- and they all seem to be for mp4 
> audio in some form, more or less. Is it worthwhile to just s/mp4/aac, or 
> vice versa?
> 

container != codec, it's a common misconception. :)

Steve

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