Bug#655683: libav-tools: should provide ff* compatibility symlinks

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-01-13 at 04:12pm, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> wrote:
> > I suspect (but have not tested) that libmlt will be affected by the 
> > strictness of the ffmpeg wrapper: it invokes ffmpeg binary rather 
> > than linking against libav* libraries, and could very likely be 
> > using ill-ordered options and possibly also the deprecated -ab 
> > option.
> 
> Please test it.

Yes, I shall try do that (obviously).  I chose to mention it here in 
case I failed to find time (i.e. take time) to do so, to at least share 
it with you guys in a sloppy way.


> Note that in libav-tools, /usr/bin/ffmpeg is not a 
> symlink to avconv, but kept as seperate binary. It is deprecated but 
> kept deliberately to preserve the old behavior.

Ah, thanks for ckarifying.  Indeed I made the wrong assumption that 
ffmpeg was a symlink.


> Neverthless, tools such as libmlt should be ported to /usr/bin/avconv, 
> or preferably, against libavcodec/libavformat.

Yes, that would be ideal.  I don't know why MLT chose to invoke the 
binary rather than link against the libraries.  Perhaps due to horrible 
libraries in the past.


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 - Jonas

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