Error message when trying to run DVDStyler.
 

When I try to run DVDStyler from terminal mode, I get the following error message:

bash-4.3$ dvdstyler
dvdstyler: error while loading shared libraries: libavformat.so.56: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

And yes, I have ffmpeg, as well as all the DVDStyler dependencies installed

What version of ffmpeg do you have installed? And where did you get that package and all your other dependencies?

Rebuild dvdstyler.

Installed version of ffmpeg is: 3.1.1., and I got that package and all the other dependencies from - http://pkgs.org/

libavformat.so.56
 

something similar happened to me with ffmpeg or handbrake, avidemux, audacity.. the program was looking for newer libraries.. I copied the symlinks to another directory, renamed them to the numbers the program was looking for, then copied them back into /usr/lib/ sometimes the shared object files are in /usr/lib64.. a dirty hack but it worked relatively painlessly

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...4&d=1452780721
creating random symlink is one of the best ways to bork your system: the version of the library you create a link to may (and most of the time actually does) have different functions (or other stuff) from the version you are linking it to, and this confuses what uses it.
more, the link you create is not in any package and stays on your system forever, untracked by the package manager.
don't do it.

But other packages that I've downloaded from that site and installed have worked without any problems.

don't push your luck. ;)

(don't get me wrong, I have no intention to be rude at all, but) if you decide to keep using it you can always try asking for support to the pkgs.org people and see what happens...

FFmpeg incompatibility has been quite a common problem lately.
Please read the mpv 0.18.1 changelog:
http://linux.softpedia.com/progChang...og-103092.html

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You seem to be having some trouble remembering your own problems running software you downloaded from that site.

I'd encourage you to use slackbuilds.org or Eric's repositories instead but you persist in ignoring the advice of those from whom you seek advice so I'll abstain.

I tried installing DVVDStyler from Slackbuilds.org (as root) following the instructions, with the following result:

bash-4.3# ./dvdstyler.SlackBuild
tar: /root/dvdstyler/DVDStyler-2.9.6.tar.?z*: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

Sounds like you forgot to put the source tarball from http://downloads.sf.net/dvdstyler/DV...-2.9.6.tar.bz2 in the same directory.

So you don't have the source in the same directory as the slackbuild. Is the error message really that hard to decipher?

Move the bzipped dvdstyler tar archive to the directory in which you are running the slackbuild. If you haven't already downloaded it a link is at the slackbuilds page. Better yet, learn how to use sbopkg or sbotools.

The source tarball IS in the same directory as the slackbuild.