please update ffmpeg to a newer snapshot

This won't happen before the next ffmpeg release. Unfortunately there is no schedule for that.

However I'm considering packaging a snapshot of ffmpeg in a seperate package. I'm still not sure on the defaults, though, probably I'll track astrange's ffmpeg-mt git branch, though.

Let's discuss this on our mailing list please: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-multimedia-maintainers

btw, the svn number is correct, however it refers to the 0.5 branch, not trunk.

I'll join list ASAP but I wouldn't recommend switching to astrange's ffmpeg-git branch without a lot of testings.
While I no longer have s/w decoding issues (artefacts) with latest GIT revision, IIRC it breaks H.264 VDPAU support (need to be tested again though).

This bug was fixed in the package ffmpeg - 4:0.6~svn20100505-1ubuntu1

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ffmpeg (4:0.6~svn20100505-1ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * merge from debian/experimental. remaining changes:
    - don't disable encoders
    - don't build against libfaad, libdirac and libopenjpeg (all in universe)

ffmpeg (4:0.6~svn20100505-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * update to new upstream. Closes: #569727
    - fixes various segfaults and other minor feature improvements
      Closes: #374931, #522449, #501891, #559712, #420231, #369127, #538082,
              #298095, #294422, #561553, #525385, #495274, #420230
      LP: #305286, #457106, #529200, #301723, #305315, #336479, #420230,
          #412063, #428912, #432181, #440591, #453732, #453732, #453732,
      #514259, #515243, #521472, #530186, #530186, #197842, #483317,
     #483317, #539407, #280098, #331255, #566107, #569823, #570305,
     #573190
  * Fixup lintian overrides for new upstream snapshot
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4
  * Many upstream changes, see upstream Changelog for details
 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Wed, 26 May 2010 00:01:17 +0200