<font face="sans-serif" size="2">Have a basic question about the code
structure of myth. I've noticed that the source for libraries it
uses (ffmpeg for example) are included in the myth source itself. Why
is the code lumped into myth source? I'm simply curious. Being
a professional developer (java mostly), this was a surprise to me, as I
thought it would be advantageous to invoke the library as the externally
complied object. </font>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Are there modifications made to the
source of the library? Perhaps a non-public API needs to be accessed?
Is this common practice among open source/linux/C++ projects?</font>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">I see the periodic announcements of
merging the the latest ffmpeg code, which made me wonder. I figured
this was a basic enough question to post to the users list instead of dev.</font>
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<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">Thanks for the insight<br>
Dave</font>