[FFmpeg-user] Error when installed ffmpeg from git

[Binathi Bingi]

Sorry, that was a typo error, I meant I couldnot find the file in /etc .

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
wrote:

>
>
> Am 20.10.2014 um 10:52 schrieb Binathi Bingi:
>
>> I couldn't find the file /etc
>>
>
> /etc is not a file
> /etc is the folder with configurations on unix
>
>  but could locate the ffserver.conf in
>> ~/ffmpeg_sources/ffmpeg/doc
>> I copied it from ~/ffmpeg_sources/ffmpeg/doc to /etc
>> But I am not sure if this was the right thing to do.
>>
>
> uhm read some manpages
>
> start here
> https://www.google.at/search?q=ffserver.conf
>
> you need to configure it for *your needs*
> that's why it is a config file
>
>
>  On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at thelounge.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Am 20.10.2014 um 10:19 schrieb Binathi Bingi:
>>>
>>> I installed ffmpeg from git on my machine which runs on Ubuntu14.04.
>>>
>>>> I followed the instructions given in the below compilation guide.
>>>> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/CompilationGuide/Ubuntu
>>>>
>>>> Instead of using the git snapshot as mentioned in the documentation, I
>>>> did
>>>>
>>>> git clone git://source.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git ffmpeg
>>>>
>>>> ffmpeg is installed, but when i typed ffserver at command prompt, it
>>>> gave
>>>> me the error "Could not open the configuration file '/etc/ffserver.conf'
>>>> Error reading configuration file '/etc/ffserver.conf': No such file or
>>>> directory"
>>>>
>>>>
>>> so what - a config file don't exist magically :-)
>>> PEBCAK
>>>
>>> https://www.google.at/search?q=ffserver.conf
>>> http://www.ffmpeg.org/sample.html
>>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> ffmpeg-user mailing list
> ffmpeg-user at ffmpeg.org
> http://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-user
>
>