[OE-core] [PATCH 1/2] gst-ffmpeg: add dependency on libpostproc

[Paul Eggleton]

On Friday 08 August 2014 20:00:30 Tim Orling wrote:
> > On Aug 6, 2014, at 7:42 AM, Paul Eggleton <paul.eggleton at linux.intel.com> 
wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 06 August 2014 16:37:34 Martin Jansa wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 01:41:58PM +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> >>>> On Wednesday 06 August 2014 13:41:56 Martin Jansa wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> * building with libav-9 fails with:
> >>>>  | checking for POSTPROC... configure: error: Package requirements
> >>>>  | (libpostproc libavcodec libavutil) were not met:
> >>>>  | 
> >>>>  | No package 'libpostproc' found
> >>> 
> >>> Does gst-ffmpeg actually work with libav > 0.8?
> >> 
> >> No, not yet (see world status e-mails), but at least this is step
> >> in right direction IMHO and doesn't harm libav-0.8 users.
> > 
> > I'm just not sure gst-ffmpeg should be allowed to get past this at all if
> > it's not currently expected to work. The known working configuration is
> > either gst-ffmpeg + libav 0.8.x, or gstreamer1.0-libav + libav > 0.8.x.
> 
> I commented some time ago that 0.8/gst-ffmpeg should just go away... (Along
> with X but that's another subject). It just doesn't fit in the trend of
> multimedia FOSS anymore... Not that xbmc or vlc are ready for ffmpeg to go
> away... Sigh. Libpostproc is also an orphan in libav world, no activity
> since 2012. Schisms suck. But we seem to be committed to the libav bus, so
> keep calm and ride on.

Unfortunately I don't think we can really get rid of this until we can get rid 
of gstreamer 0.10, and that has to stay because not everyone has moved over to 
gstreamer 1.0.

Cheers,
Paul

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Paul Eggleton
Intel Open Source Technology Centre