question/problem re: smplayer and mpv

[Rick Stevens]

On 06/17/2015 05:14 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>
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> On 06/17/2015 05:48 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> On 06/17/2015 04:06 PM, jd1008 wrote:
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>>> 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?

libass essentially handles subtitle rendering on material that has 
subtitles:

	# dnf info libass
	...
	Description : Libass is a portable library for SSA/ASS subtitles rendering.

So subtitles won't be rendered if you disable it. Depending on your
needs, this may not be a big thing.
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