Use external ffmpeg/ffprobe

[soloturn]

how could one build / package lossless-cut so operating system installed binaries like ffmpeg, ffprobe will be used?

[mifi]

There was a discussion about this in #108

What is the reason for needing to use system installed ffmpeg?

[soloturn]

arch linux can install newest electron, ffmpeg. losslesscut then would not take 337MB as it does now, and ship an outdated ffmpeg. there is hints how to deal with electron applications: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Electron_package_guidelines .

in linux packaging, in general, one specifies the dependencies, and they get installed. just like you do in your javascript app. you specify the depencency and not copy the code into your application. the location is standardized for all distributions with the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard:

$ which ffmpeg
/usr/bin/ffmpeg
$ which ffprobe
/usr/bin/ffprobe

[mifi]

In order to achieve this we would need to:

1. Make a separate build that excludes the binaries from the bundle
2. Make the ffmpeg/ffprobe executing code fallback to system ffmpeg when not found internally

[mifi]

have now added support for selecting a custom ffmpeg/ffprobe path in settings

[mifi]

I think I will close this, because now it's possible to select operating system ffmpeg/ffprobe