I'm just an ordinary user and the existing message is not helpful whatsoever. I'm using precise and went to transcode a show, and my preset options fail.
ffmpeg -i MB.S08E14.Cold.Feet.mp4 -b 885k -r 23.976 -vcodec libx264 -threads 2 -crf 24 -vpre medium -vpre ipod640 -acodec libfaac -ab 127k MB.S08E14.Cold.Feet-renc.mp4 It took me a while to realize there's all this fork and politics going on -- and find my way to this bug -- and I still don't know what to do, what binary and options to use to transcode again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/939863 Title: When users run ffmpeg <whatever> they are presented with a message that is somewhat erroneous & completely childish To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libav/+bug/939863/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs