dpkg makes me think debian or *buntu.  apt-cache search ffmpeg to see packages available that have it in there.  if it were me, i'd probably install dvdrip and use the perl tools that frontend libffmpeg.

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com> wrote:
What distro do you use?

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> On Jan 2, 2018, at 7:53 PM, joe@actionline.com wrote:
>
> When I tried to run this to convert a video:
>
> cat workshop2.VOB | ffmpeg -i - workit.mp4
>
> This was the result:
>
> ffmpeg: command not found
>
> When searching my system for ffmpeg, I found lots
> of entries, but apparently not the right thing.
>
> Or ... what do I need to differently to get this to work?
>
>
> locate ffmpeg | fgrep lib
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
> /usr/lib/kde4/ffmpegthumbs.so
> /usr/lib/kde4/k3bffmpegdecoder.so
> /usr/lib/kde4/kffmpegthumbnailer.so
> /usr/lib/kde4/kfilemetadata_ffmpegextractor.so
> /usr/lib/transcode/export_ffmpeg.so
> /usr/lib/transcode/import_ffmpeg.so
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffmpegthumbnailer.so.4.0.8
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpeg.so
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegcolorspace.so
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gstreamer-0.10/libgstffmpegscale.so
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libquicktime2/lqt_ffmpeg.so
> /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4
> /usr/share/doc/libxine1-ffmpeg
> /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/changelog.Debian.gz
> /usr/share/doc/libffmpegthumbnailer4/copyright
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/ffmpegthumbs.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg:amd64.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/kffmpegthumbnailer.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postinst
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.postrm
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libffmpegthumbnailer4.shlibs
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/libxine1-ffmpeg.postinst
>
>
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