<a href="http://x42.github.io/harvid/" title="http://x42.github.io/harvid/"
rel="nofollow">http://x42.github.com/harvid/</a></li>
<li>ffmpeg, ffprobe (used to import/export video, extract soundtracks and query
- video information): <a href="http://ffmpeg.org" title="http://ffmpeg.org"
+ video information and encode mp3 for export): <a
+ href="http://ffmpeg.org" title="http://ffmpeg.org"
rel="nofollow">http://ffmpeg.org</a></li>
</ul>
<p>
Ardour requires xjadeo ≥ version 0.6.4, harvid ≥ version 0.7.0 and
- ffmpeg (known to work versions: 1.2, 2.8.2)
+ ffmpeg (known to work versions: 1.2, 2.8.2, 5.0)
</p>
<p>
<p>
All four applications need to be found in <code>$PATH</code> (e.g.
<code>$HOME/bin</code> or <code>/usr/local/bin</code>). For convenience the
- binary releases of harvid include ffmpeg_harvid and ffprobe_harvid, but if the
- distribution provides suitable ffmpeg commands, symbolic links can be created
- to the distribution-provided binaries:
+ binary releases of harvid include ffmpeg_harvid and ffprobe_harvid.
+ Ardour binaries from ardour.org do include all relevant tools and most
+ GNU/Linux distributions also provide those.
</p>
-<kbd class="cmd lin">sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/bin/ffmpeg_harvid</kbd>
-<kbd class="cmd lin">sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ffprobe /usr/bin/ffprobe_harvid</kbd>
-
<p>
- Binary releases are available from ardour.org as well as an installer script:
+ Binary releases of the video-tools are available from ardour.org via a dedicated installer script:
<a href="https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/blob/master/tools/videotimeline/install_video_tools.sh"
title="https://github.com/Ardour/ardour/blob/master/tools/videotimeline/install_video_tools.sh"
rel="nofollow">install_video_tools.sh</a>.
</p>
<p>
- The easiest way to install the video-utilities is by running the following
+ The easiest way to install the video-utilities on Linux is by running the following
line in a terminal:
</p>