[Bug 776140] Remove mad plugin

[GStreamer (GNOME Bugzilla)]

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776140

Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi at redhat.com> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowi at redhat.com> ---
(In reply to Tim-Philipp Müller from comment #5)
> I don't know if the situation is as clear-cut with those, there are not
> exactly dozens of alternative decoders. I think it's good to have
> alternatives outside of gst-libav as well, and I think for the two audio
> codecs the gst-libav decoders are not feature-equivalent for multichannel
> audio. libmpeg2 I don't know. I don't want to remove everything just because
> we have gst-libav.

There are also legal issues to consider.  Some distros cannot distribute
ffmpeg/libav because some parts are still encumbered.  However, for example,
AC-3 just freed up as of today[1], so a separate a52dec-based decoder could be
shipped.

Therefore, it would be helpful NOT to remove things just because gst-libav can
do them the same or better; just use rankings instead to give it precedence
where desired.

[1] https://ac3freedomday.org/

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