"That's inaccurate. The /usr/bin/ffmpeg program as shipped by libav is not strictly a fork, as it is an unmodified version of the ffmpeg ..."
This is inaccurate too. I've never seen in ffmpeg any such message, from any git checkout. That means people from debian did change ffmpeg source code, so it is NOT unmodified version of ffmpeg, thus the misleading message is harmful, because people do think ffmpeg itself wrote that message and abandoned the project. That kind of message hurts ffmpeg project a lot, convincing people that avconv is some kind of "future ffmpeg" which is not. avconv is simply an ffmpeg fork and should clearly be distinguished from ffmpeg that way and not to lie to people that it's some kind of further natural step in ffmpeg's development. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libav in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005536 Title: missleading message in ffmpeg Status in “libav” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: === CUT === $ ffmpeg -i in.webm -t 30s -vcodec copy -acodec copy out.webm ffmpeg version 0.8.1-4:0.8.1-0ubuntu1, Copyright (c) 2000-2011 the Libav developers built on Mar 22 2012 05:09:06 with gcc 4.6.3 This program is not developed anymore and is only provided for compatibility. Use avconv instead (see Changelog for the list of incompatible changes). [matroska,webm @ 0xe217a0] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 30.00 (30/1) Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'in.webm': Duration: 01:03:36.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: N/A Stream #0.0(eng): Video: vp8, yuv420p, 854x478, PAR 1:1 DAR 427:239, 1k fps, 30 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default) Stream #0.1: Audio: vorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16 (default) Output #0, webm, to 'out.webm': Metadata: encoder : Lavf53.21.0 Stream #0.0(eng): Video: libvpx, yuv420p, 854x478 [PAR 1:1 DAR 427:239], q=2-31, 1k tbn, 1k tbc (default) Stream #0.1: Audio: libvorbis, 44100 Hz, stereo (default) Stream mapping: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 Press ctrl-c to stop encoding [webm @ 0xe72cc0] Application provided invalid, non monotonically increasing dts to muxer in stream 0: 33 >= 33 av_interleaved_write_frame(): Invalid argument === END === The message that says "This program is not developed anymore and is only provided for compatibility. Use avconv instead (see Changelog for the list of incompatible changes)." is simply put a lie. FFmpeg project is still alive and active (with double the size of user community than libav, which is simply a fork of FFmpeg project), so that message should be removed or rephrased to something less misleading. People are coming to FFmpeg support channel asking when did FFmpeg "shut down" and similar crazy stuff, which really annoys more and more people. I don't know how was this allowed to happen in ubuntu community, but it is really a bad example for all. If there are any moral and decent people in ubuntu community left, this thing should be corrected, because if you leave it this way, it's simply telling lies to ubuntu users, making them believe something that is not true. Please fix this. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/1005536/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp