--- a/cmake_modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake	Sun Dec 09 16:13:06 2012 +0100
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindFFMPEG.cmake	Sun Dec 09 18:00:01 2012 +0100
@@ -20,13 +20,19 @@
   # in cache already
   set(FFMPEG_FOUND TRUE)
 else (FFMPEG_LIBRARIES AND FFMPEG_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  # silence output option
+  if (FFMPEG_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    set(VERBOSITY "QUIET")
+  else ()
+    set(VERBOSITY "")
+  endif ()
   # use pkg-config to get the directories and then use these values
   # in the FIND_PATH() and FIND_LIBRARY() calls
   find_package(PkgConfig)
   if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVCODEC libavcodec)
-    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVFORMAT libavformat)
-    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVUTIL libavutil)
+    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVCODEC libavcodec ${VERBOSITY})
+    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVFORMAT libavformat ${VERBOSITY})
+    pkg_check_modules(_FFMPEG_AVUTIL libavutil ${VERBOSITY})
   endif (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
 
   find_path(FFMPEG_AVCODEC_INCLUDE_DIR