ffmpeg

[Dennis Veatch]

On Friday 25 May 2007 07:06:05 am Jean-Michel Brünn wrote:
> i need ffmpeg on my server.
>
> i use it with gallery2 and our streaming solution (it's modifieing
> videos)
>
>
>
> On Fri, 25 May 2007 06:45:22 -0400 Dennis Veatch
>
> <dennisveatch at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > On Friday 25 May 2007 02:00:04 am samuel wrote:
> > > just a suggestion...
> > >
> > > 07:57 |     ElAngelo | hmmm
> > > 07:57 |     ElAngelo | can we remove the ffmpeg module?
> > > 07:57 |     ElAngelo | it does not compile
> > > 07:57 |     ElAngelo | it is not supported by the devs
> > > 07:57 |     ElAngelo | they suggest you to either use a snapshot
> > > or to download the svn repositroy...
> > > 07:58 |     ElAngelo | what if we download a snapshot and keep
> > > that one as the 'stable' version on the lunar mirrors?
> > > 07:58 |     ElAngelo | we add an %FFMPEG alias to both ffmpeg
> > > (snapshot) and ffmpeg(svn) ?
> > > 07:59 |     ElAngelo | the snapshot would only be updated when we
> > > feel like it... (2x a year? )
> > > 07:59 |     ElAngelo | the svn is for those that like bleeding
> > > things...
> > >
> > >
> > > gr,S.
> >
> > I don't have a problem with that. There at least two apps I know of
> > (kino and kdenlive) that require a relatively new version of ffmpeg
> > to even compile and install. I suspect there will be more as time
> > passes. The kino folks were kindly enough to package some svn
> > version of ffmpeg so that became a non-issue.
> >
> > I have been running ffmpeg-svn for months and vlc, amarok,
> > gst-plugins to name of few have had few issues with it. Just for
> > grins I have been running a lin on it at least 3 times a week and
> > have only encountered minor issues.
> >
> > At one point they did change some of the ./confiugre switches
> > (minor). And at one other time vlc would crap out on an error (I
> > forget exactly) that others had that they believed was a gcc issue
> > but a later svn version eliminated that problem.
> >
> > Over all I have to say the statement the ffmpeg folks make on their
> > website (paraphrased) that their svn version is pretty damn stable,
> > is well, pretty damn accurate. Given my experience so far with it,
> > it is puzzling why they are so
> > anti-don't-ask-for-a-final-version-we'll-do-it-when-we-do-it.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis


Jean are you using ffmpeg-0.4.9-pre1 or ffmpeg-svn? I can guess but just want 
it to be clear.

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Dennis
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