Because no one has taken on that task yet. FFmpeg development is
driven by the tasks that are important to the individual developers.
If there is a feature that is important to you, the best way to get
-it implemented is to undertake the task yourself.
+it implemented is to undertake the task yourself or sponsor a developer.
@section FFmpeg does not support codec XXX. Can you include a Windows DLL loader to support it?
-No. FFmpeg only supports open source codecs. Windows DLLs are not
-portable, bloated and often slow.
+No. Windows DLLs are not portable, bloated and often slow.
+Moreover FFmpeg strives to support all codecs natively.
+A DLL loader is not conducive to that goal.
@section My bugreport/mail to ffmpeg-devel/user has not received any replies.
@section I cannot read this file although this format seems to be supported by ffmpeg.
-Even if ffmpeg can read the file format, it may not support all its
+Even if ffmpeg can read the container format, it may not support all its
codecs. Please consult the supported codec list in the ffmpeg
documentation.
@section ffmpeg does not work; What is wrong?
-Try a 'make distclean' in the ffmpeg source directory before the build. If this does not help see
+Try a @code{make distclean} in the ffmpeg source directory before the build. If this does not help see
(@url{http://ffmpeg.org/bugreports.html}).
@section How do I encode single pictures to movies?