Bug#895921: woo: prefer ffmpeg over mencoder and libav-tools

[James Cowgill]

On 17/04/18 15:17, James Cowgill wrote:
> Source: woo
> Version: 1.0+dfsg1-2
> Severity: wishlist
> User: debian-multimedia at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: ffmpeg-libav-tools-removal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> While looking at the libav-tools rdeps, I noticed python-woo and
> python3-woo have a recommends on:
>  mencoder | libav-tools | ffmpeg
> 
> libav-tools has been removed from unstable so please remove this
> alternative.
> 
> I think packages should recommend ffmpeg over mencoder because ffmpeg is
> much more actively developed than mplayer. I also found this line in the
> woo source which might indicate mencoder support is disabled anyway?
>  https://sources.debian.org/src/woo/1.0+dfsg1-2/py/utils.py/#L504
>  "if False and menc: encExec,encType=menc,'mencoder'"

Sorry, just to be clear, I am asking you to replace that recommends line
with:
 ffmpeg | mencoder

Thanks,
James

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