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diff --git a/multimedia/winff/README b/multimedia/winff/README index 0c76f8ddaf..7a65a950cb 100644 --- a/multimedia/winff/README +++ b/multimedia/winff/README @@ -5,5 +5,30 @@ convert mpeg's, flv's, and mov's, all into avi's all at once. lazarus is just a build-time dependency. -NOTE: if you have a previous ~/.winff directory you might want to +NOTE: +If you have a previous ~/.winff directory you might want to remove it or your presets might not be updated. + +WinFF is no longer maintained by the original author. It is currently +maintained by Debian maintainer Paul Gevers and the website winff.org +has been hijacked. See the following post for details: +https://github.com/WinFF/winff/issues/250 + +I've patched the link for the FFmpeg Windows build website in the +about section to point it to correct website as mentioned on the +FFmpeg website. See the following link for details: +https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows + +The Launchpad link no longer works and I've patched it to point to +the WinFF Debian maintainer's [Paul Gevers] page. I've made sure other +websites link to the https version. + +There was also an issue with opening the documentation in Slackware. +The path to the documetation is hardcoded in the source file. +I've patched it to look in the /usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION directory. + +I've patched winff to use xdg-open to use the user's default +PDF viewer. + +This build now uses qt5, hence libqtpas is now a dependency. Install +libqtpas before installing lazarus. |