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.)

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