[mythtv] Question about new build requirements for NVDEC

Gary Buhrmaster gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
Wed Jan 16 20:15:56 UTC 2019


FD: I do not use debian or any of its derivatives on
any regular basis.  Anything I think I know is probably
at best stale, and possibly wrong.


On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 7:41 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> For future builders including end users and package builders, requiring
> a package from deb-multimedia may be a problem?

The number of people building from source is likely
smallish compared to what gets installed via someone
else's packaging.  deb-multimedia, as I understand it,
has an interesting history, and can require careful
configuration to avoid certain issues and anomalies.

Installing anything locally into /usr/local has its own
issues and anomalies of course.

> I imagine Ubuntu would not accept a package that
> required a package from deb-multimedia as a
> dependency for building.

Probably not, but it is also possible no one has
started the process(es) to get nv-codec-headers
into Ubuntu along with ffmpeg.  I have no standing,
but someone who did could look into starting the
process to get those headers packaged for the
good of everyone.

And one could consider creating a PPA now, until
Ubuntu steps up.

> On the other hand, we carry our own copy of FFmpeg in the MythTV
> repository, so it may make sense that we should carry a copy of this as
> well, since it is really a part of FFmpeg.

Certainly a possibility, but anything you do not need
to carry is likely better.  And if the distro provides the
headers, you should probably prefer them (as
configure now does for a number of libraries)


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