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FFMS / ffms2

An FFmpeg based source library and Avisynth/VapourSynth plugin for easy frame accurate access
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Add *nix build instructions #400

Closed anonyco closed 2 years ago

anonyco commented 2 years ago

I and many other people like easy instructions that I can copy-and-paste.

quietvoid commented 2 years ago

Some of these aren't build instructions, but rather about installing existing distribution packages, which may be out of date.

myrsloik commented 2 years ago

Exactly, this isn't a package manager tutorial. If you're that uncomfortable compiling things then binary packages are for you...

anonyco commented 2 years ago

Exactly, this isn't a package manager tutorial. If you're that uncomfortable compiling things then binary packages are for you...

This. It's far easier to install from your distro's package manager if your distro's package manager has ffms2. Some distros (notably Debian and derivatives) don't have ffms2 in their repos, which necessitates compiling from source. Debian derivatives like Ubuntu and Linux Mint and PopOS flourish with Linux newbies who would much appreciate compilation instructions so they can install ffms2. In my opinion, we shouldn't force these people to retreat back to Windows just to use ffms2.

myrsloik commented 2 years ago

If you want to more or less provide build scripts you're free to do so. We simply don't want to be stuck with updating/maintaining them forever in the docs as they tend to break with every single major distro update. If you post it someplace maybe I'll even link it.

anonyco commented 2 years ago

Thank you for explaining that to me. I understand and will get this PR off your case.