[FFmpeg-user] ffmpeg issue

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On 12/12/11 01:15, Phil Rhodes wrote:
>> i understand partly but i understand not why he refuses to learn
>
> I am not trying to be unnecessarily combative here (although I get the 
> feeling you are), but this is not correct.
>
> If there is something useful I can learn which will help me I will 
> happily do it; I just don't see the point. Why would I want to take 
> extra time out to learn how to be a software engineer when I can 
> simply download the binary onto a windows machine and immediately 
> start using it with all of the features intact? Why would I want to 
> spend a lot of time creating source trees, hacking text files, 
> recompiling things and generally screwing around?
>
> The analogy would be that we're both trying to get to the top of a 
> building. I take the elevator while you climb the outside with 
> mountaineering equipment.
>
> What is the point? What does all this extra complexity gain anyone, 
> other than bragging rights?
>
> P
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I fail to understand why don't you use repos of your Linux distro.