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Some of you with the camera may have been trying to install avconv by using the following:<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install avconv<\/pre>\n
As you have probably discovered, this does not work and it reports that it cannot find the package. (I know, it’s confusing). But it’s not actually missing, it’s just part of something else!<\/p>\n
To do the install, do the following:<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install libav-tools<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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