Re: MUST use ffmpeg3

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

Uh yaaah....


just set up the link:

ffmpeg3 --> ffmpeg4 OR ffmpeg5

Is there a diff between ffmpeg4 AND ffmpeg4?



On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 12:38 PM Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Rhialto <rhialto%falu.nl@localhost> writes:
>
> > On Fri 21 Jul 2023 at 21:11:13 +0000, Todd Gruhn wrote:
> >> I have a PERL program that uses    ffmpeg3.   BUT ,     ffmpeg4 and    ffmpeg5
> >> are already on my system.
> >>
> >> Is there a reason to have all  ffmpeg3 , ffmpeg4 ,  ffmpeg5 installed
> >> on my system??
> >
> > No, this is often not needed. If the perl program just uses the command
> > line ffmpeg program, it is very likely that you can use ffmpeg4 or
> > ffmpeg5 instead.
>
> Note that with pkg_alternatives you get ffmpeg as a link.  But it's a
> bug for another package to rely on this.