get_iplayer Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25

[dinkypumpkin]

On 17/10/2011 16:06, Neill Mitchell wrote:
> Okay, I built ffmpeg version 0.8.3 as suggested :) The only gotcha is

Did you find that the Ubuntu-supplied 0.7.2 didn't work?  If so, it 
would be useful to know what programme you tested with.  Since Ubuntu 
11.10 was just released, it would be good know of any problems it might 
bring.  Fedora 15, and now Ubuntu 11.10, provide ffmpeg packages that 
should work OK for most users, but it would helpful to know if that 
isn't the case in common usage.

> for some bizarre reason the ubuntu forum instructions on how to compile
> it bizarrely install everything to /usr/local/bin, so it is not found. I
> simply added -prefix=/usr to the configure options and then it all works.

I would guess you just need to add /usr/local/bin to your PATH 
environment variable.  Unless you removed it on purpose, that is. 
/usr/local/bin is in the default PATH on a clean install of Ubuntu 
11.10, but if you've done an in-place upgrade from 11.04 you will of 
course have your old settings.  FWIW, /usr/local is usually the better 
choice for DIY builds.  It minimises risk of breaking system packages, 
and it allows you to run DIY builds in parallel with repository 
versions, which might be useful in in this particular situation.