Aspects
Ffmpeg
Only questions about programmatic use of the FFmpeg libraries, API, or tools are on topic
Libav
Libav (or libav*) is the collective name of the FFmpeg libraries: libavcodec, libavformat, libavfilter, libavutil, etc
Others
| Quality | Example |
|---|---|
| More recent |
"Not to be confused ffmpeg is more recent and libav was used in some distributions of linux" from question "FFMPEG RTSP stream to MPEG4/H264 file using libx264" |
| More compatible |
"Ubuntu 12.04 ships with the ffmpeg fork libav in version 0.8 which is more compatible with ffmpeg 1.0+ or even later ffmpeg versions iirc" from question "Avcodec_open segmentation fault" |