FFmpeg version UNKNOWN ???

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Since I upgraded ffmpeg to 0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.1 yesterday, the version is UNKNOWN…

This is output of: ffmpeg -version

FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al. built on Nov 3 2009 17:53:06 with gcc 4.3.2 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291]

configuration: --shlibdir=/usr/lib --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-x11grab --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libdirac --enable-libgsm --enable-version3 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-pthreads
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.37. 0 / 52.37. 0
libavformat 52.39. 2 / 52.39. 2
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
FFmpeg UNKNOWN
libavutil 50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
libavcodec 52.37. 0 / 52.37. 0
libavformat 52.39. 2 / 52.39. 2
libavdevice 52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0

So far I have not seen negative effects of this, but since this “conversion thing” is a non-trivial one, I would prefer to have an accurate installation.

I am running 11.1 with KDE 4.1.3.

Any ideas?

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It’s just a version string problem, it doesn’t have any real effect.

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I installed ffmpeg.


ffmpeg-0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.1
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@Chrysantine:
Thanks for your help!
By coincidence kdenlive now does only render corrupted avi and mov files which do not contain a video stream (at least this is what mplayer tells me.) But I have no idea if kdenlive is making use of ffmpeg…

@colao:
Please let me know the output of: ffmpeg -version

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Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...


Information for package ffmpeg:

Repository: @System
Name: ffmpeg
Version: 0.5.20358svn-1.pm.4.1
Arch: i586
Vendor: Packman
Installed: Yes
Status: up-to-date
Installed Size: 943.0 K
Summary: Hyper fast MPEG1/MPEG4/H263/RV and AC3/MPEG audio encoder
Description:
ffmpeg is a hyper fast realtime audio/video encoder, a streaming  server
and a generic audio and video file converter.

It can grab from a standard Video4Linux video source and convert it into
several file formats based on DCT/motion compensation encoding. Sound is
compressed in MPEG audio layer 2 or using an AC3 compatible stream.
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Dear colao,
thanks a lot for your post. But I should have been more precise, I belive:
I was wondering what ffmpeg would output at a shell prompt when executed as follows:

ffmpeg -version

And with respect to my kdenlive problems:
Sorry, this was my own fault as I was rendering with wrong video profile… case closed.

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FFmpeg version UNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  built on Nov  3 2009 17:53:06 with gcc 4.3.2 [gcc-4_3-branch revision 141291]
  configuration: --shlibdir=/usr/lib --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-shared --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libspeex --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree --enable-libxvid --enable-postproc --enable-gpl --enable-x11grab --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libdirac --enable-libgsm --enable-version3 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libx264 --enable-libdc1394 --enable-pthreads
  libavutil     50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0
  libavcodec    52.37. 0 / 52.37. 0
  libavformat   52.39. 2 / 52.39. 2
  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0
  libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1
  libpostproc   51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
ffmpeg: missing argument for option '--version'

Why is “missing argument for option ‘–version’”

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@colao

Thanks for posting the output. Looks exactly like mine.

And to answer your question: You must use a single dash with the version option, not a double one.

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Output’s the same everywhere I look. FFmpeg cannot find it’s own version string. Everything else works. Report a bug.