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<p dir="ltr">On 29 Aug 2016 9:10 a.m., "BugCatcher" <<a href="mailto:bugcatcher1@cox.net">bugcatcher1@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Attempted to use imagination to create a slide show -- what it claims to do.<br>
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> Got the error message:<br>
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> Failed to launch the encoder!<br>
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> Failed to execute child process<br>
> "avconv" (No such file or directory).<br>
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> Strange, since the package description says:<br>
> " It only requires the ffmpeg encoder to produce a movie to be burned with another application".<br>
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> Does the program actually need avconv? If so, why is it not in Synaptic 0.83 (3.0-5ubuntu1)?<br>
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> System:<br>
> Host: Paul-AMDx64-Mint18-Cinnamon Kernel: 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Cinnamon 3.0.7<br>
> Distro: Linux Mint 18 Sarah<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I suggest you first try it on an Ubuntu system to see whether this is a mint issue. If it is mint related then you are on the wrong list.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Colin</p>
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