[FFmpeg-user] Problem with pixel format and/or missing constant

[Ulf Zibis]

Am 11.03.20 um 18:55 schrieb Carl Eugen Hoyos:
>
> mov defaults to mpeg4 if no h264 encoder is present (you did not specify
> --enable-libx264), for mpeg4 "profile baseline" is not defined.

Thanks, it works with:
$ sudo apt install libx264-dev
$ ./configure --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl
$ make

But this makes me thinking:
$ sudo apt policy libx264*
libx264-148:
   Installiert:           (keine)
   Installationskandidat: (keine)
   Versionstabelle:
libx264-152:
   Installiert:           2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2
   Installationskandidat: 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2
   Versionstabelle:
  *** 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2 500
         500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64
Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libx264-dev:
   Installiert:           2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2
   Installationskandidat: 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2
   Versionstabelle:
  *** 2:0.152.2854+gite9a5903-2 500
         500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64
Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

It seems I'm using a very old version of libx264:
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&keywords=libx264&searchon=names

Does John van Sickle's binary use a current version?
How can I use a more current version with the ffmpeg git version?


> Please use a wider console window when running ffmpeg for us, Carl Eugen

I'll try to remember this. Which width is ideal?

-Ulf