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Old 01-18-2006, 03:21 PM   #1
rocksniffer
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Install from source over rpm


I have xvid and ffmpeg installed via urpmi on a Mandriva 10.2 Linux, but ffmpeg won't recognize xvid as a codec. I suppose that is because xvid is not enabled. I don't know if I can get an xvid enabled rpm or not.

Can I just install from source over the original rpm install or should I unistall the rpm and then do the source install?

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Old 01-18-2006, 05:10 PM   #2
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Uninstall the RPM first if you want to install from source. First though make sure you've got win32-codecs installed and then try it again with the rpm installed ffmpeg
 
  


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