Bug#489209: ffmpeg symbol lookup error

[Paul]

Package: ffmpeg
Version: 0.svn20080206-8
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable



-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (700, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-spacefreak18 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ffmpeg depends on:
ii  libavcodec51             3:20080610-0.0  library to encode decode multimedi
ii  libavdevice52            0.svn20080206-8 ffmpeg device handling library
ii  libavformat52            3:20080610-0.0  ffmpeg file format library
ii  libavutil49              3:20080610-0.0  avutil shared libraries
ii  libc6                    2.7-12          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfreetype6             2.3.6-1         FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libimlib2                1.4.0-1.1       powerful image loading and renderi
ii  libsdl1.2debian          1.2.13-2        Simple DirectMedia Layer
ii  libswscale0              3:20080610-0.0  ffmpeg video scaling library

ffmpeg recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

Whether I simply type the command ffmpeg or try to convert a video I get the 
following error:

ffmpeg: symbol lookup error: ffmpeg: undefined symbol: ffm_nopts

I searched the web and can't find any hints about this problem that pertain to 
my situation.