[SWLUG] Devel rpms

[Philip Barnes]

I am trying to convert a video file to 3gp so that I can play it in my
mobile.

I tend to use mplayer to convert videos for other formats.

Phil 

On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 23:10 +0100, P.G. Richardson wrote: 
> Phil,
> 
> Obviously have little idea what you are up to but curious to know why you
> think ffmpeg is not fully working?
> 
> Have been converting all sorts of files (avi, wmv, mp4, mpg, mp3) over the
> last few months with no problems whatsoever. Not least, had no need to
> build it as the livna rpms sufficed.
> 
> Anyway, wish you best of luck.
> 
> Regards
> 
> PGR
> 
> 
> > Thanks Paul
> > That did the trick, I was getting the difference between devel and SRPMS
> > mixed up.
> >
> > I have built and installed it, but it is now complaining about invalid
> > bitrates and aspect ratios.
> >
> > Shame it isn't distributed fully working, but I'll get there.
> >
> > Thanks Phil
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:03 +0100, Paul G. Richardson wrote:
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> >> The spec file is not included in the ffmpeg-devel package. It is though
> >> in the ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.37.20070503.lvn7.src.rpm. If you download this
> >> package from livna http://livna-dl.reloumirrors.net/fedora/7/SRPMS/ and
> >> install it, the spec file will be installed in /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
> >> while the tar is installed in /usr/src/redhat/SRPMS
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> PGR
> >>
> >> Philip Barnes wrote:
> >> > I have just installed ffmpeg-devel rpm onto my Fedora 7 box.
> >> >
> >> > I need to edit the .spec file, but have one problem, where is the
> >> file?
> >> >
> >> > I have found lots of information on building rpms, but none tell me
> >> > where the rpm has been unpacked to.
> >> >
> >> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks Phil
> >> >
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