Better ffmpeg Version Checking about zoneminder HOT 6 CLOSED

I just had another idea.

Some time ago, I compiled a program called qdvdauthor, which also had ffmpeg as a dependency. The interesting thing about this program was the configure script would automatically git a specific version of ffmpeg, compile it, and then (I assume) place it in a folder specific to qdvdauthor to avoid conflicts. Any chance we could implement something like that for zoneminder?

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Hey-o.

This is definitely an ongoing support issue, and you've got lots of good ideas in your first comment. When we release 1.26 (or 1.25.1 or whatever we call it), I'll take your advice and release it with an 'approved' version of ffmpeg.

To your second comment, I don't think configure is the best place for that (maybe it is?). What might be better is an install script which does this instead. I have a puppet module which you could check out which might help with this at https://github.com/kylejohnson/puppet-zoneminder

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An installer script could make the process a lot easier, hypothetically checking for system requirements (reporting back deficiencies), managing ffmpeg installation, accepting parameters for and running a MySQL permissions script, and accepting parameters for and running the configure and make process.

If that makes sense to pursue, I'd like to assist in some way (either writing code or doing system testing).

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@knnniggett If you look at commit 2df9c25 you'll see that I've taken your advice and have mentioned the 'known working' version of ffmpeg for this release.

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For distributions that do have ffmpeg etc, Adding it to the configure.ac script would be a better choice for source code to ensure the build environment has all the correct dependencies before compiling.

For distributions that do not include ffmpeg then the install script would be a solution.

There is also another solution from http://www.fluendo.com.

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Closing....

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