Wishlist: create ffmpeg with aac/libfaac support for Karmic

[Paul Gevers]

Because upstream ffmpeg considers libfaac non-free (see bug 374900) the current version of ffmpeg in Karmic does not contain any aac or libfaac support. It would be great if Medibuntu would supply a libfaac enabled ffmpeg for Karmic.

Building one from the current ffmpeg-extra source package in Karmic is VERY easy. If you just add the libfaac-dev package to the build-depends in the debian/control file the package automatically builds ffmpeg with libfaac support. No other actions are necessary.

With kind regards,
Paul

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Hi,

Thanks for your bug report.

I'm subscribed to ffmpeg bug reports, so I've been aware of that for some time, but too lazy to add a package. ;]
I've a test package ready for karmic (with libfaac and libamr support), I'll upload it in our staging area soon. I'm marking it as Won't Fix for lucid at the moment, as I don't know how the situation will evolve (wrt libfaac license, and openamr use instead of libamr).

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Uploaded in karmic-staging.

[Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza)]

Lionel, thanks for working on this package. I see you uploaded to karmic-staging. When do you think the ffmpeg package will be available in the medibuntu repo for public consumption?

[Gilbert Mendoza (gmendoza)]

I guess I should clarify, I mean when will karmic-staging content reach karmic? For the time being I just added karmic-staging to my repo list, but just curious about timing.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Usually, I move a package from $dist-staging to $dist after a week, if nobody complained that something broke (e.g., for ffmpeg, if something working with the ubuntu version doesn't work with our version).

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

tried the karmic-staging, encoding with winff and custom command line works like a breeze again!

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

I saw some positive feedback on several bug reports, so I guess it's ok, moved to karmic.