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by yegle 235 days ago
Please stop spreading this misinformation. At least in Debian this is enabled by default (and as another post indicates, Ubuntu as well).

Run the following command to confirm:

ffmpeg -codecs|grep sanm
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tkfoss 224 days ago
You re right, thanks!

ffmpeg version 8.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers ... D.V.L. sanm LucasArts SANM/SMUSH video

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astrange 234 days ago
If you're using ffmpeg it's recommended to just enable the things you need, or only accept some container formats. But yes, in a generic package everything is enabled.
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