question/problem re: smplayer and mpv

[jd1008]

On 06/17/2015 05:48 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 06/17/2015 04:06 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/17/2015 02:01 PM, Greg Woods wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:50 PM, jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:jd1008 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Checking for SSA/ASS support       : no ('libass >= 0.12.1' not
>>> found)
>>>
>>>
>>> Maybe you just need to install libass-devel?
>>>
>>> --Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I do have a libass installed in my current OS: fc20.
>> It is asking for a higher version, which I presume is only available in
>> fc22.
>> I do not want to clobber my existing libass nor libass-devel because
>> of other dependencies on the existing version.
>
> Then you're rather out of luck unless you want to install a new version
> of libass in some scratch location and bugger the mpv build to use that
> location. It is difficult to build things with a mix of RPM and non-RPM
> items, as RPM and rpmbuild sorta want things in a specific way.
Yes, I understand.
So, which functionality of mpv does libass provide???
I mean if I edit the spec file and remove the configure option
for libass (disable-libass), what feature would stop working?