BUG: Motion will not run with ffmpeg 0.4.9pre1 CVS build from at least 20050517 and on.

BUG: Motion will not run with ffmpeg 0.4.9pre1 CVS builds from at least 20050517 and on.

The ffmpeg guys have changed the API again on the CVS version of ffmpeg.

The problem is that we have these two lines in ffmpeg.c

c->frame_rate = rate;
c->frame_rate_base = 1;

It seems that the ffmpeg guys has changed the API again. And now removed the two from the AVCodecContext structure.

So here we go again. More complications. We have users with ffmpegs with the old API and the new API. Let me express that I am SICK AND TIRED of the ffmpeg project. Why can't they do proper formal releases like any other decent project so we know what the user base is having installed. They have been on this rediculous 0.4.9pre1 since last year and never released anything. So all the debs and RPMs are from misc CVS snap shots. It is completely out of control.

For now please make sure you install an ffmpeg version from before 17 of May 2005.

You can look in avicodec.h (normally in /usr/include/ffmpeg) and the line

#define LIBAVCODEC_BUILD 4753

The build 4753 or earlier is OK. 4754 is not OK.

For Fedora core 4 I can say that ffmpeg-0.4.9-0.lvn.0.15.20050427.4 is OK.

Test case

Environment

Motion version:	3.2.1
ffmpeg version:	cvs20050517
Shared libraries:	ffmpeg, mysql, postgresql
Server OS:

-- KennethLavrsen - 23 Jun 2005

Follow up

Fix record

PerJonsson fixed this. The fix is available in 3.2.2_snap4 and forward