Re: request for VLC player backport
On Do, Okt 28, 2010 at 11:27:46 (CEST), Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Hi!
>
> * Michal Vaclavu <michal.vaclavu@gmail.com> [2010-10-27 23:42:13 CEST]:
>> I would like to ask if there is still a chance, that someone could do
>> backporting of package "VLC" (e.g. version from testing)?
>>
>> Because the version in lenny (0.8.6h...) has some problems,
>> mainly there is a problem with playing FLV files due to the version of
>> ffmpeg library used.
>
> How would a backport of vlc remove the issue with the ffmpeg library
> used? If I read that right you also ask for a backport of ffmpeg then?
The 'safest' approach would be to link statically against
libavformat/libavcodec in the backport. With the obvious overhead for
security updates.
>> http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=56222
>> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=28363&sid=52a9981a655265bc35b1e33e4511a7c4
>
> If I read that correctly the issue isn't because of vlc and ffmpeg in
> lenny but because of the usage of debian-multimedia.
This is a common source of problems. Still, in order to get e.g. web/vp8
support or vdpau etc, you'd still need an updated ffmpeg.
Would something like that be a candidate for backports-sloppy?
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Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4
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