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FS#48658 - [mplayer] bundles FFmpeg when it could be using the separately packaged version
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Opened by Argyris (argymeg) - Monday, 21 March 2016, 17:11 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Wednesday, 04 May 2016, 21:40 GMT
Opened by Argyris (argymeg) - Monday, 21 March 2016, 17:11 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Wednesday, 04 May 2016, 21:40 GMT
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DetailsMPlayer can be built against a system-wide installation of FFmpeg. Its various libraries can be switched off separately, however a catch-all configure option (--enable-system-ffmpeg) seems to be available according to this mailing list thread:
https://mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-dev-eng/2010-August/065853.html In addition to reducing bloat, this would prevent critical FFmpeg bugs from having to be attended to twice (such as in https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47944). |
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Closed by Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Wednesday, 04 May 2016, 21:40 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: mplayer 37857-1
Wednesday, 04 May 2016, 21:40 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: mplayer 37857-1