Index: ZoneMinder-1.26.5/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in
===================================================================
--- ZoneMinder-1.26.5.orig/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in	2014-01-21 11:56:10.521465557 +1100
+++ ZoneMinder-1.26.5/scripts/ZoneMinder/lib/ZoneMinder/ConfigData.pm.in	2014-01-21 11:56:24.673128952 +1100
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@
 	},
 	{
 		name => "ZM_PATH_FFMPEG",
-		default => "@PATH_FFMPEG@",
+		default => "/usr/bin/avconv",
 		description => "Path to (optional) ffmpeg mpeg encoder",
-		help => "This path should point to where ffmpeg has been installed.",
+		help => "This path should point to where ffmpeg has been installed.  Note that this installation expects avconv to satisfy ffmpeg functionality",
 		requires => [ { name=>"ZM_OPT_FFMPEG", value=>"yes" } ],
 		type => $types{abs_path},
 		category => "images",
