[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg issue

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On 12/11/11 04:57, Phil Rhodes wrote:
>> because everybody out there is able to activate EVERY
>> audio/video-codec existing in this world except you
> Me and the guy who started this thread, two and counting!
>
>> but i guess not everybody is stupid except you becaus ethe
>> others are not too lazy to read documentations,
> What documentation? I have one file called "ffmpeg.exe". That's all I have. Oddly enough, it is capable of encoding MP3 audio, so perhaps the best thing for our correspondent to do is to use Windows or a mac and grab a binary from somewhere.
>
> You know, a "binary". That's finished, complete, ready-to-use software. Not a pile of text files that's many hours of configuration and one comp sci degree away from working.
>
>> the output of ./configure --help
> What's a "./configure"? Where do I get one? What's it for? How do I use it?
>
>> devel-packages
> What's a "devel-package"?
>
> Learning points from this:
>
> - Not everyone is a software engineer
> - Not every software engineer is an expert on linux development environments
> - Not every software engineer who's an expert on linux development environments is an expert on the development environment required to compile ffmpeg.
>
> Please stop assuming everyone should be a programmer.
>
> P
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Don't compile form source (or actually.. dont ./configure). Just install 
soundkonverter from the repos......... That's my final advice.