On 08 Nov, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer <jn.ml.gti...@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> wrote: > Jim Lesurf <j...@audiomisc.co.uk> wrote:
> > One complication here I've already hit is that IIUC the xfce mint > > distro I'm using doesn't provide ffmpeg but avcodec (?) I've installed > > a local version of ffmpeg but am unsure of how avcodec may differ from > > this in ways that may affect what I have in mind. I'm used to ffmpeg, > > but not avcodec. > Something possibly relevant "avconv Used in Preference to ffmpeg Where > Available" changed in 2.83; see notes at: > https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/release283 > and also changes in 2.87 "Important note re: obsolete FFmpeg versions": > (also for avconv) - see: > https://github.com/dinkypumpkin/get_iplayer/wiki/release287 Thanks, I'll look at the above. One of the things I'm curious about is the relative performance (in terms of quality, etc) of ffmpeg versus avcodec. I come to this from being a long term user of ffmpeg, but knowing nothing about the forking or its effects. Given my past I tend to go for using ffmpeg as my first intent. But would/will change if it is advantageous. Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer