missing ffmpeg (Ubuntu 12.04)

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For what it’s worth, the latest CVS version of Panda3D also has a native .wav loader and Ogg Vorbis support via libvorbisfile for people who just want to load sound files and don’t need the whole of ffmpeg.

If you are using the latest ffmpeg/libav, I advise using the latest CVS version of Panda3D, since we upgraded our ffmpeg support.

Also see for more info:

Native .wav loader, Ogg Vorbis loader, Ffmpeg out of core

Hello all, I’ve finally split ffmpeg out of the libpanda core. It’s bloated, has a restrictive license, and most people don’t use a majority of it. A significant part of the runtime distribution size was actually ffmpeg; this seems like a bit of a waste of space. It’s now a separate module, libp3ffmpeg. It is dynamically loaded; only when you actually try loading an audio or video file that is not otherwise supported. These load instructions will be in Confauto.prc by default: # These ent…