[mythtv-users] ffmpeg/xvid in nuvexport

[Andrew Bassett]

I'm trying to export some of my nuv's with nuvexport.

When I run nuvexport, and choose option 1 (xvid), this is the error I
get:

	Your ffmpeg installation doesn't support encoding to xvid.
  	(It must be compiled with the --enable-xvid option)
	Press ENTER to continue.

I checked to make sure it wasn't a problem with xvid just in case.

	andrew at grd1208:~ $ dpkg --get-selections |grep xvid
	avifile-xvid-plugin                             install
	libxvidcore4                                    install
	libxvidcore4-dev                                install
	libxvidencore0                                  install
	xvid4conf                                       install
	xvidcap                                         install

After further inspection of ffmpeg...

	andrew at grd1208:~ $ ffmpeg
	ffmpeg version 0.4.9-pre1, build 4738, Copyright (c) 2000-2004
Fabrice Bellard
	  configuration:  --build i386-linux --enable-gpl --enable-pp
		--enable-zlib --enable-vorbis --enable-a52 --enable-dts
--disable-mmx --disable-debug --prefix=/usr

Ok - so the culprit is definitely ffmpeg not being compiled with
--enable-xvid flag, as nuvexport so graciously told me. 

My question is -- Is there a way to get xvid support enabled without
having to build ffmpeg from source?

I'm running Ubuntu.

Thanks,

-- 
Andrew Bassett
http://www.bassettcorp.com