[IamCarbonMan]

I am writing an addon that includes ytdl (written in python, needs the ffmpeg or avconv binaries for some features) and I was wondering if Python could use the same ffmpeg that Kodi uses. Otherwise I would need to worry about static binaries and execution permissions and that stuff, which I would like to avoid if at all possible.

[ironic_monkey]

Kodi only builds libavxxx, not the ffmpeg binary. You could ctype the libs and reimplement fffmpeg in python but i doubt you want to go there