Probably the way I'll go, but for now I did nothing since I got impatient and updated the wiki page as is. I'd prefer to keep everything in the home...
No, but I like to include it for users who may want to use it directly...although without lavf support in x264, by simply compiling x264 again after...
Here's a start to the new version of the guide that will provide a "local" install (is there a more common or more accurate term for this?) of ffmpeg...
You didn't give us much information to work with. What have you tried? What formats are you attempting to play? Note that "all video formats" are not...