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   On Wed, 11 May 2022 01:45:17 -0000 (UTC), Harold Johanssen wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 11 May 2022 00:45:00 -0000 (UTC), Harold Johanssen wrote:   
   >   
   >> ffmpeg can be built with support for lots of different video formats.   
   >> Anybody know exactly how the package is built for Slackware64 15.0?   
   >>   
   >> 	I had a look into the corresponding Slackbuild file, as   
   >> distributed with Slackware64 15.0, and it would seem that the decision   
   >> as to whether or not add support for some specific format is done on   
   >> the fly, depending on whether or not the necessary shared libraries are   
   >> already present in the system. Which, of course, is something I cannot   
   >> know, when it comes to the ffmpeg package distributed with Slackware64   
   >> 15.0.   
   >>   
   >> 	The thing is, I am trying to do something with ffmpeg that   
   >> requires the x264 encoder, and ffmpeg claims not to know about such   
   >> encoder.   
   >   
   > 	To answer my own question, I just noticed that when launching   
   > ffmpeg it prints out the following:   
   >   
   >   configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64   
   > --docdir=/usr/doc/ffmpeg-4.4.1/html --mandir=/usr/man --disable-debug --   
   > enable-shared --disable-static --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-   
   > avresample --arch=x86_64 --disable-encoder=aac --enable-libfontconfig --   
   > enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-gnutls   
   > --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-frei0r   
   > --enable-openal -- enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh   
   > --enable-libtheora -- enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab   
   > --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx -- enable-libwebp --enable-libmp3lame   
   > --enable-opencl --enable-opengl -- enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libpulse   
   > --enable-libsmbclient --enable- libxml2 --enable-librsvg --enable-libdrm   
   >   
   > 	So, no x264 support :-( I'll try to build it with x264 support.   
      
   	Well, that works fine: I rebuilt from source, using the software   
   delivered with Slackware, making sure that x264 is supported, replaced   
   the ffmpeg packaged shipped with this one, and it worked as expected.   
      
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