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From: "Nuno J. Silva (aka njsg)" <nunojsilva@×××××××.pt>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: ffmpeg command not found
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 05:28:50
Message-Id: mgi8hr$q0l$2@ger.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] ffmpeg command not found by Alan Grimes
1 On 2015-04-12, Alan Grimes <ALONZOTG@×××××××.net> wrote:
2 > gevisz wrote:
3 >> I used to convert dav to avi files with the following command
4 >> yet a year ago:
5 >> $ ffmpeg -i input.dav -vcodec libx264 -crf 24 output.avi
6 >> but now, while trying to use it, I get
7 >>> bash: ffmpeg: command not found
8 >> What happened?
9 >>
10 >> I still have virtual/ffmpeg package installed.
11 >> In my case it points to libav.
12
13 libav (not ffmpeg) at least used to provide an ffmpeg binary. But libav
14 has considered this binary to be "deprecated". Did they (libav) drop it?
15
16 --
17 Nuno Silva
18 Helsinki, Finland