[MEncoder-users] Mencoder usage on the Grid

[Phil Ehrens]

Jan Knutar wrote:
> On Friday 09 May 2008 15:07, Jens Buysse wrote:
> 
> > We want to use mencoder for this purpose: splitting, transcoding and
> > merging back together. The problem we encounter is that we do not
> > find a standalone version of the mencoder to send to these nodes...
> > We are not permitted to install software on these resources, though
> > we can send our software to it to work as a standalone version.
> 
> What does standalone mean in this context? I don't know anything about 
> grid computing, but I can try guess what you mean with standalone. 
> 
> The mencoder binary only needs the libraries it is linked against, you 
> can try trim this list down a bit at compile time, try to link them in 
> statically at compile time, or send the libraries to the nodes too, and 
> have LD_LIBRARY_PATH env variable set accordingly.
> 
> You're unlikely to find any downloadable binaries of mencoder, 
> especially not up to date ones.

Grid users are allowed to install whatever they need under their local
node home directories. So this user basically needs a tarball that he
can plop into his home with all necessary libs included.