Bundling ffmpeg, initial attempt. This builds on MinGW; Linux is untested as of yet.

bundle/ffmpeg/tools/zmqshell.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python2
+
+import sys, zmq, cmd
+
+class LavfiCmd(cmd.Cmd):
+    prompt = 'lavfi> '
+
+    def __init__(self, bind_address):
+        context = zmq.Context()
+        self.requester = context.socket(zmq.REQ)
+        self.requester.connect(bind_address)
+        cmd.Cmd.__init__(self)
+
+    def onecmd(self, cmd):
+        if cmd == 'EOF':
+            sys.exit(0)
+        print 'Sending command:[%s]' % cmd
+        self.requester.send(cmd)
+        message = self.requester.recv()
+        print 'Received reply:[%s]' % message
+
+try:
+    bind_address = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "tcp://localhost:5555"
+    LavfiCmd(bind_address).cmdloop('FFmpeg libavfilter interactive shell')
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+    pass