I used the http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ repository in a pinch for ffmpeg recently. Third party repo aside, what criticisms are

I used the http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ repository in a pinch for ffmpeg recently. Third party repo aside, what criticisms are there for this ffmpeg compared to a compiled copy?