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+PRINC = "1"
+
+# Build against external libav instead of using the builtin one.
+# On architectures like ARM the libav recipe enables a lot more optimizations
+DEPENDS += "libav orc"
+EXTRA_OECONF += " --with-system-ffmpeg "