Re: [gentoo-user] ffmpeg command not found

[Alexander Kapshuk]

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 10:43 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:30:43 +0300, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
>
> > > grep libav /usr/portage/profiles/base/make.defaults
> > # Move the current Gentoo preference (libav over ffmpeg)
> > USE="${USE} libav"
> >
> > If you want to use ffmpeg instead of libav, "It should be noted that the
> > users still need to enable USE=ffmpeg on packages with optional libav
> > support as well. Users who want to use ffmpeg instead need to specify
> > USE=-libav in make.conf explicitly."
> >
> > Otherwise, set USE=-ffmpeg in /etc/portage/make.conf to stick with
> > libav.
>
> This last part is wrong. The libav USE flag controls the choice between
> ffmpeg or libav. The ffmpeg flag controls whether packages get built with
> support for whichever of the choices is set by the libav flag, so you
> still need the ffmpeg flag to include option libav/ffmpeg support.
>
>
> --
> Neil Bothwick
>
> BING But It's Not Google
>

Thanks for pointing this out. My mistake. Apologies for that.