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  • February 25, 2011 at 12:05 am #23450
    dreamcox53
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    Is there a need to install ffmpeg or a benefit to having it installed ? I actually tried to install ffmpeg.exe but it is a dos app . I tried to set the path to ffmpeg.exe in VLC Shares setting but when I run Settings test is says failed .

    February 25, 2011 at 12:15 am #28638
    dreamcox53
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    Got it installed….Google is your friend 🙂 . Placing it in my vlc shares directory did the trick for some reason . (placing the .exe within it’s own folder named ffmpeg)

    Again…is there a benefit to running ffmpeg ?

    February 25, 2011 at 7:23 am #28639
    zany130
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    vlc-shares uses ffmpeg to get information about the stream/file. This is important for 2 things:
    – embedded subs (in mkv for example)
    – workaround a bug in vlc: for some reason vlc has problem transcoding
    h264/aac streams. As workaround for this problem must be used an alternative transcoding profile that does video transcoding and uses the original audio. So i use ffmpeg to see what kind of codecs are used by the stream and choose the right transcoding profile.

    I’ve planned also for future release of vlc-shares to use ffmpeg to get thumbnails and allow audio switch in files with multi audio.

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