[FFmpeg-user] Error when installed ffmpeg from git

[Reindl Harald]

Am 20.10.2014 um 10:59 schrieb Binathi Bingi:
> Sorry, that was a typo error, I meant I couldnot find the file in /etc .

well, that is what the error message says in your first post

 >>>>> Error reading configuration file '/etc/ffserver.conf':
 >>>>> No such file or directory"

you don't want that file to be installed automatically
or do you wan't to get your config overwritten with updates

> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> Am 20.10.2014 um 10:52 schrieb Binathi Bingi:
>>
>>> I couldn't find the file /etc
>>>
>>
>> /etc is not a file
>> /etc is the folder with configurations on unix
>>
>>   but could locate the ffserver.conf in
>>> ~/ffmpeg_sources/ffmpeg/doc
>>> I copied it from ~/ffmpeg_sources/ffmpeg/doc to /etc
>>> But I am not sure if this was the right thing to do.
>>
>> uhm read some manpages
>>
>> start here
>> https://www.google.at/search?q=ffserver.conf
>>
>> you need to configure it for *your needs*
>> that's why it is a config file
>>
>>   On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Am 20.10.2014 um 10:19 schrieb Binathi Bingi:
>>>>
>>>> I installed ffmpeg from git on my machine which runs on Ubuntu14.04.
>>>>
>>>>> I followed the instructions given in the below compilation guide.
>>>>> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu
>>>>>
>>>>> Instead of using the git snapshot as mentioned in the documentation, I
>>>>> did
>>>>>
>>>>> git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
>>>>>
>>>>> ffmpeg is installed, but when i typed ffserver at command prompt, it
>>>>> gave
>>>>> me the error "Could not open the configuration file '/etc/ffserver.conf'
>>>>> Error reading configuration file '/etc/ffserver.conf': No such file or
>>>>> directory"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> so what - a config file don't exist magically :-)
>>>> PEBCAK
>>>>
>>>> https://www.google.at/search?q=ffserver.conf
>>>> http://www.ffmpeg.org/sample.html

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