[MPlayer-users] Compilation problem (libavcodec?)

[Felix Buenemann]

On Friday 19 April 2002 19:23, P. Rybin wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> > > ve_lavc.c:70: `FF_MAX_B_FRAMES' undeclared here (not in a function)
> >
> > Please referesh libavcodec from ffmpeg cvs.
> >
> > Pontscho
>
> ok, so am I supposed to get a fresh ffmpeg snapshot everytime i get a new
> mplayer snapshot? I'm asking because a while ago, there was this discussion
> about bugs in ffmpeg and someone said that one had to use an older
> snapshot, since the current (at that time) was skrewed. Hence, I thought
> that since my snapshot worked, i should use it for future compilations of
> mplayer. Obviously, I was wrong, but can someone clarify the situation a
> little bit?
you should always use latest cvs libavcodec, as it has most bugs fixed, is 
fastest, best etc. and also mplayer develops together with libavcodec and we 
can't support all older versions without much rouble.
>
> Pav
>
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Best Regards,
        Atmos
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