> I have to say that, at least in tone, FFMpeg struck me as being more mature about the whole affair.
same here. And regardless of what their codebase smells like, their stuff works and does what it says on the tin, letting people play whatever format there is out there on a massive amount of different systems. I'm the first to admit the dialogs they're using to configure the codecs is one which is a yearly 'Ugliest UI' award winner, but luckily others have made front ends which make you avoid all that mess in the first place.
same here. And regardless of what their codebase smells like, their stuff works and does what it says on the tin, letting people play whatever format there is out there on a massive amount of different systems. I'm the first to admit the dialogs they're using to configure the codecs is one which is a yearly 'Ugliest UI' award winner, but luckily others have made front ends which make you avoid all that mess in the first place.