Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting The Wanderer (wande...@fastmail.fm): > On 07/08/2015 at 02:38 PM, David Wright wrote: > > > Quoting Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org): > > > and to summarise the release notes: > > > > Debian wheezy [...]: ffmpeg has been replaced by [...] > > (libav-tools). It provides [...] and prepares

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-09 Thread David Wright
Quoting Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org): > Le decadi 20 messidor, an CCXXIII, David Wright a écrit : > > The reason I used quotations was to try to avoid putting words in the > > mouths of the libav and Debian teams/leaderships. But the user could > > read all this as (loosely in the same order):

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-09 Thread The Wanderer
On 07/08/2015 at 02:38 PM, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org): > and to summarise the release notes: > > Debian wheezy [...]: ffmpeg has been replaced by [...] > (libav-tools). It provides [...] and prepares an upgrade path for > existing application packages. install

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-09 Thread Nicolas George
Le decadi 20 messidor, an CCXXIII, David Wright a écrit : > The reason I used quotations was to try to avoid putting words in the > mouths of the libav and Debian teams/leaderships. But the user could > read all this as (loosely in the same order): > > wheezy: > ffmpeg is deprecated > avco

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-08 Thread Brian
On Wed 08 Jul 2015 at 13:38:29 -0500, David Wright wrote: > BTW, the OP didn't say "getting stuck" but "stuck going back". > Stuck has the sense of "to fail to proceed or advance" and it > often expresses an emotion of defeat at the prospect. The OP's essential question was: Is it possible to

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org): > Le decadi 20 messidor, an CCXXIII, David Wright a écrit : > > > "stuck"? "back"? Why do you think using ffmpeg is going "back" or getting > > > "stuck"? > > wheezy!loyaldebianuser ~$ avconv > > > Is this flood of quotes supposed to actually answer the q

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-08 Thread Nicolas George
Le decadi 20 messidor, an CCXXIII, David Wright a écrit : > > "stuck"? "back"? Why do you think using ffmpeg is going "back" or getting > > "stuck"? > wheezy!loyaldebianuser ~$ avconv Is this flood of quotes supposed to actually answer the question? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-08 Thread David Wright
Quoting Nicolas George (geo...@nsup.org): > L'octidi 18 messidor, an CCXXIII, Paul Zimmerman a écrit : > > Or are you just stuck going back to ffmpeg if you want to make content for > > players? > > "stuck"? "back"? Why do you think using ffmpeg is going "back" or getting > "stuck"? wheezy!loyal

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-08 Thread Jochen Spieker
The Wanderer: > On 07/06/2015 at 05:35 PM, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> Paul Zimmerman: >> >>> Something is not right with the libav package that is now the >>> default instead of ffmpeg. >> >> Yes, that's why Debian is going to switch back to ffmpeg: >> >> http://balintreczey.hu/blog/debian-is-prep

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 07/06/2015 at 05:35 PM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Paul Zimmerman: > >> Something is not right with the libav package that is now the >> default instead of ffmpeg. > > Yes, that's why Debian is going to switch back to ffmpeg: > > http://balintreczey.hu/blog/debian-is-preparing-the-transition-to

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-06 Thread Brian
[Post re-formatted to a readable 73 characters per line.] On Mon 06 Jul 2015 at 14:00:59 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote: > Something is not right with the libav package that is now the default > instead of ffmpeg. The MP3 files produced by avconv consistently causes > MP3 players to crash. The same

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-06 Thread Jochen Spieker
Paul Zimmerman: > > Something is not right with the libav package that is now the default > instead of ffmpeg. Yes, that's why Debian is going to switch back to ffmpeg: http://balintreczey.hu/blog/debian-is-preparing-the-transition-to-ffmpeg/ For jessie you probably have to resort to deb-multime

Re: ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-06 Thread Nicolas George
L'octidi 18 messidor, an CCXXIII, Paul Zimmerman a écrit : > Or are you just stuck going back to ffmpeg if you want to make content for > players? "stuck"? "back"? Why do you think using ffmpeg is going "back" or getting "stuck"? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digita