[Kdenlive-devel] Doc: installing from source

[Alberto Villa]

On Wednesday 17 December 2008 08:49:08 Dan Dennedy wrote:
> sorry if this came across too harsh. I did not mean that "you" are
> both wrong, but they "they" are both wrong - the rules and/or the
> explanation.

don't worry, your interventions are always resolutive :)

> "optionally required" is an oxymoron.

my english! :P

> > Both are required as dependencies. Recordmydesktop is need by Kdenlive
> > SVN and Kdenlive 0.7.1. Dvgrab is used directly when capturing video.
>
> These are not required to build and install kdenlive. They are
> optional dependencies. Capture from firewire is optional but dependent
> upon dvgrab in your path if you want to use it. Screen capture is an
> optional feature that is dependent upon the recordmydesktop utility in
> your path.

that's what i wanted to know, thanks!

> > Video4linux seems independent.
>
> Why do you take a different perspective on this one? This is an
> optional dependency on ffmpeg, the utility, being in your path.

i didn't know about it, now i think i got it
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Alberto Villa <villa.alberto at gmail.com>