GIP 2.99 on openSUSE 42.2

[michael norman]

On 21/03/17 12:59, iz wrote:
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 12:51 PM
>> From: "michael norman"
>>
>> I last tried --prefs-add ffmpeg  "/usr/bin/ffmpeg" but that doesn't work.
>
> Wrong syntax (compare to below), and not necessary since you have established that /usr/bin/ffmpeg is in $PATH.
>
>> I ran get_iplayer --prefs-del --ffmpeg="/usr/share/ffmpeg"
>
> I suggest you back up and delete $HOME/.get_iplayer/options since it may have junk in it now. Run with only default settings until you know ffmpeg works.
>
Ok did that, same result, I'll set up another user and see if it works 
there, in desperation.  Whether I know how ffmpeg works is neither here 
nor there.  GIP should know how ffmpeg works whatever I try, which seems 
to be exclusive to me on two boxes running openSUSE, it or rather the 
OpenSUSE version of GIP does not.