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Bug 573415 - media-sound/beets-1.3.13 should not require ffmpeg
Summary: media-sound/beets-1.3.13 should not require ffmpeg
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Sound Team
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Reported: 2016-01-30 18:29 UTC by gentoo
Modified: 2018-08-18 07:53 UTC (History)
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Description gentoo 2016-01-30 18:29:12 UTC
When USE flag "convert" is set on media-sound/beets-1.3.13, it pulls in ffmpeg. This is unnecessary, however, as the convert package can be customized in the beets configuration - it's fully possible to use this to convert whichever formats one likes by just writing the appropriate command lines to do so. There's no reason why it should require ffmpeg, say, rather than libav or neither (for users who want to convert using some entirely different program).
Or if you really must have the ffmpeg USE flag, please add a similar libav USE flag so I can choose which one I want to require.
Thank you!

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 gentoo 2018-08-18 07:53:40 UTC
Closing this bug as there hasn't been any activity on it and I have long stopped using the program in question.