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libfdk_aac is fast and good

• rockdoe 10y ago
  Which is not the default ffmpeg encoder, and due to licensing you can't distribute libfdk_aac and x264 in the same ffmpeg binary. There's a built-in ffmpeg AAC encoder too, but despite the author's claims it is not as good as libfdk_aac. And libfdk_aac itself isn't as good as Apple's AAC codec either. There's a Hydrogenaudio listening test demonstrating that.
• cyphar 10y ago
  Unfortunately it's proprietary, because of unclear license terms about distribution of source code and modifications (saying that you cannot charge a "copyright license fee") and it clearly says that patentable ideas in the source code are not licensed.