[mythtv-users] Mytharchive errors

[Nick Rout]

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.