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Newbie at linux, running suse 10 and installed ffmpeg through Yast.

When trying to configure vlc I keep getting

checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h usability... no
checking ffmpeg/avcodec.h presence... no
checking for ffmpeg/avcodec.h... no
configure: error: Missing header file ffmpeg/avcodec.h.

I checked a similar post where someone used the --with option I think to redirect vlc to the correct location of ffmpeg. My problem is i don't know how to discover the location of ffmpeg (if that is needed the purpose of --with)


Any help would be very much appreciated, thank you
Imad

find ffmpeg
should do it

Hi....

If u install FFmpeg it will install all the libraries in /usr/local/lib so u have to copy necessary files to /usr/lib .... or u can make a library path in .bash_profile ..... ok try this ........

All the Best

The simplest way is to find out where the ffmpeg directory is, and then use the following : I think that should do the trick