[mythtv-users] Mytharchive errors

[Harry Devine]

Nick Rout wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 4:24 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
>> Nick Rout wrote:
>>     
>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Nick Rout wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I followed the instructions here
>>>>>> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu) to enable the repo, and
>>>>>> when I tried to install ffmpeg and libavcodec, I get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hdevine at hdevine-desktop:/$ sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec
>>>>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>>>>> Building dependency tree
>>>>>> Reading state information... Done
>>>>>> ffmpeg is already the newest version.
>>>>>> ffmpeg set to manually installed.
>>>>>> E: Couldn't find package libavcodec
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It appears that maybe the latest ffmpeg breaks mytharchive?  Maybe?
>>>>>> Just a little? ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             
>>>>> No the problem has been there for a while. Mythbuntu is a little brain
>>>>> dead about it. You basically need to use medibuntu. For various
>>>>> reasons ubuntu do not compiler to include patent encumbered etc codecs
>>>>> in their compiles. medibuntu do.
>>>>>
>>>>> I may be wrong about libavcodec's packaging name. try
>>>>>
>>>>> apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec51
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>>>> You were right about libavcodec51, but still no good.  It tells me that
>>>> ffmpeg and libavcodec51 are already the latest versions.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Is that after enabling medibuntu repo. Sorry but you wil also need to
>>>
>>> apt-get update
>>>
>>> too.
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>> Yeah, I realized that after my last post.  But I did do that in the mean
>> time and got the same results.  I did sudo apt-get update then sudo
>> apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec51 and it said I have the latest
>> versions.  Looks like its compile time, huh? ;-)
>>     
>
> Are you sure you enabled the right version of medibuntu? check
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>
> My only experience with this is with 8.04. May pay to google for other
> solutions before compiling (I am a great believer in sticking to your
> distros packaging system!)
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I'll do some more looking around later today when I get home.  But that 
repo list file was from the medibuntu site and was for Ubuntu 8.10 
Intrepid.  I wondered that too, so I double checked and it was the right 
one.

Thanks,
Harry