On 29 Aug 2016 9:10 a.m., "BugCatcher" <bugcatch...@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Attempted to use imagination to create a slide show -- what it claims to
do.
>
> Got the error message:
>
> Failed to launch the encoder!
>
> Failed to execute child process
> "avconv" (No such file or directory).
>
>
> Strange, since the package description says:
> " It only requires the ffmpeg encoder to produce a movie to be burned
with another application".
>
> Does the program actually need avconv? If so, why is it not in Synaptic
0.83  (3.0-5ubuntu1)?
>
>
> System:
>            Host: Paul-AMDx64-Mint18-Cinnamon Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic
x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7
>            Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah
>

I suggest you first try it on an Ubuntu system to see whether this is a
mint issue. If it is mint related then you are on the wrong list.

Colin

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