Bug#203211: RFP: avidemux -- A small editing software for avi (especially DivX)

[Fabian Greffrath]

Am 03.01.2012 00:14, schrieb Reinhard Tartler:
> avidemux specifically downloads an ffmpeg-0.9 tarball (we use libav in
> debian), and
> then applies a larger number of patches:
> http://svn.berlios.de/wsvn/avidemux/branches/avidemux_2.5_branch_gruntster/cmake/patches/

Wow, sounds like the worst possible way to use a library in a 
downstream project.

> Most of those patches actually look pretty scary to me. Additionally, most
> of the comments in those patches don't really make sense to me either.

Most of the patches are entirely uncommented (well, except you count 
/* MEANX */ as a comment) and there is no trace of an attempt to get 
them included or even discussed upstream.

> I conclude that trying to link avidemux dynamically against the system
> libavcodec
> is not feasible. Shipping a static copy of avcodec and friends doesn't make me
> feel too happy either :-/

This and the fact that avidemux uses cmake as a build system (which I 
am not at all familiar with) made my personal interest cease for this 
package - although I admit that it would be "nice to have".

Anyone else?