Bug#672561: libavcodec-dev: Missing /usr/include/libavcodec/audioconvert.h

[Andres Mejia]

On May 12, 2012 2:22 AM, "Rogério Brito" <rbrito at ime.usp.br> wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Andres Mejia <amejia004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Rogério Brito <rbrito at ime.usp.br>
wrote:
> >> Package: libavcodec-dev
> >> Severity: important
> >>
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> The libavcodec-dev package is missing
</usr/include/libavcodec/audioconvert.h>.
> >
> > Audioconvert is not a public header in either libav or ffmpeg. What is
> > suppose to be used for this functionality is libavresample or
> > libswresample.
>
> I'm just getting it to compile, at first, and they use that. They
> probably need a cluebat, then, if that is not a public interface. The
> problem here is that they use AVAudioConvert, which is present only in
> that header.
>
> I'm not exactly sure if I want to patch this so heavily as to fix the
> use of that interface.
>
> >> This file is needed by handbrake. If I clone the libav git tree,
> >> checkout the v0.8.2 tag and copy that file to /usr/include/avcodec,
> >> then I am able to successfully compile handbrake with Debian's libav,
> >> without needing to download things from outside.
> >>
> >> BTW, regarding handbrake, I am down to few packages now that need to
> >> be taken from outside debian for it to compile, namely:
> >>
> >> * MODULES += contrib/libdvdread
> >> * MODULES += contrib/libdvdnav
> >> * MODULES += contrib/mpeg2dec
> >
> > Does handbrake used patched versions of these libs or can it use these
> > libs as released upstream?
>
> I have yet to see which patches can be dropped and which don't. OTOH,
> the basics compile and a brief test here works. :)
>
> >> Everything else works with packages in Debian *or* with packages in
> >> the pkg-multimedia git repositories (e.g., libmkv, faac, libmp4v2).
> >
> > Ping Fabian. Was libmkv ready for upload?
>
> I think it is fine as is. Not sure if the legal stuff
> (debian/copyright etc.) is all in place for an upload to unstable.
>
> > Could vo-aacenc be used instead of faac?
>
> I still have to study that to see what can be done and how similar the
> interfaces are.
>
> > Also, as I mentioned in another email, libmp4v2 should be replaced with
libav. mp4v2 is seeing
> > less and less development and it's probably better to look into
> > replacing use of mp4v2 anyway.
>
> That's the same story as with vo-aacenc/faac.
>
> > Also next time, please leave out things unrelated to a bug in it's bug
report.
>
> OK, but the excitement is really huge and I couldn't help sending some
> side comments. :) Feel free to reply to the bug only the parts
> pertaining to the bug and to the mailing list the other parts (please,
> keep me CCed).
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.S.: Now, it compiles with Debian's mpeg2, which is one fewer embedded
library.
> --
> Rogério Brito : rbrito@{ime.usp.br,gmail.com} : GPG key 4096R/BCFCAAAA
> http://rb.doesntexist.org/blog : Projects : https://github.com/rbrito/
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Keep up the great work. You may also want to create an ITP bug for
handbrake now.

~ Andres
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