title: Open avi file with OpenCV : ffmpeg?
body: <p>This question is related to a previous question I asked <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11194713/open-and-read-avi-files-with-opencv-ubuntu">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I read on the Willow Garage website dedicated to OpenCV that we do not have to take care of ffmpeg while installing OpenCV since version 1.2.x. <a href="http://opencv.willowgarage.com/wiki/FFMPEG" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here it is</a>.</p>
  
  <p>However, some <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7075180/how-to-compile-opencv-2-3-with-ffmpeg-support-with-visual-studio-2010">questions</a> asked here on Stackoverflow suggest the contrary.</p>
  
  <p>So, what should I do ? Do I have to recompile OpenCV and do some special operation related to ffmpeg to get it to, finally, open avi file on my Linux system ?</p>