ffmpeg --disable-altivec option

[tome at QX.Net]

>>------- Original Message -------
>>From    : Ryan Schmidt[mailto:ryandesign at macports.org]
>>Sent    : 3/28/2010 12:48:07 PM
>>To      : tome at qx.net
>>Cc      : macports-users at lists.macosforge.org
>>Subject : RE: Re: ffmpeg --disable-altivec option
>>
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>On Mar 28, 2010, at 11:11, tome at QX.Net wrote:

>> I need to install ffmpeg with the --disable-altivec option.  Is that possible?

>I don't see an option for that in the portfile. Out of curiosity, why do you need this option?

I have a G3 PPC.  Altivec was a G4 implementation ( Velocity Engine ).  Without disabling altivec I get 'illegal instruction' failures from ffmpeg.  
As a note, I have installed the same release of ffmpeg from source, with --disable-altivec, and it works fine.  I had to have help from the 
ffmpeg user mailing list to discover this.  I would like to get my 'stuff' under MacPorts, but the install I did would not work because of 'illegal 
instructions.'  Is a patch possible?  Thanks for your help!  Best regards, Tom