The mpv developers have published an overview of the situation from their independent perspective which (FWIW) is very accurate from my vantage point as well: h

The mpv developers have published an overview of the situation from their independent perspective which (FWIW) is very accurate from my vantage point as well: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FFmpeg-versus-Libav https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FFmpeg-versus-Libav