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 Debian wheezy [...]: ffmpeg has been replaced by [...]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 Debian wheezy [...]: ffmpeg has been replaced by [...]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

ffmpeg vs. libav

2015-07-06 Thread Paul Zimmerman
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 command line with ffmpeg produces files that work with MP3 players. The problem seems to be fairly well know, as many messa