FFmpeg deprecated (in Ubuntu)?

[Jonathan Wiltshire]

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 05:43:43PM +0100, Andy Bircumshaw wrote:
> If we make get_iplayer compatible with avconv then it will surely break downloads for users still using the original ffmpeg.org.

I don't see why. get_iplayer just needs to grow some logic to detect what
is installed (i.e. in the PATH).

(Actually it could be argued that it needs to grow a proper plugin system,
where ffmpeg and avconv support are both thin wrappers to a common
interface for get_iplayer to hook into.)

-- 
Jonathan Wiltshire                                      jmw at debian.org
Debian Developer                         http://people.debian.org/~jmw

4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC  74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51

<directhex> i have six years of solaris sysadmin experience, from
            8->10. i am well qualified to say it is made from bonghits
			layered on top of bonghits
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 836 bytes
Desc: Digital signature
URL: <http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/get_iplayer/attachments/20120626/006aa007/attachment.sig>