it are likely to be welcome if they do not pollute the source code
with @code{#ifdef}s related to the compiler.
-@section Microsoft Visual C++ produces many errors.
+@section Is Microsoft Visual C++ supported?
-Microsoft Visual C++ is not compliant to the C standard and does not support
-the inline assembly used in FFmpeg.
+No. Microsoft Visual C++ is not compliant to the C99 standard and does
+not - among other things - support the inline assembly used in FFmpeg.
If you wish - for whatever weird reason - to use MSVC++ for your
project then you can link the MSVC++ code with libav* as long as
you compile the latter with a working C compiler. For more information, see
There have been efforts to make FFmpeg compatible with MSVC++ in the
past. However, they have all been rejected as too intrusive, especially
-since MinGW does the job perfectly adequately. None of the core developers
+since MinGW does the job adequately. None of the core developers
work with MSVC++ and thus this item is low priority. Should you find
the silver bullet that solves this problem, feel free to shoot it at us.