[Slackbuilds-users] FFmpeg update

[John Vogel]

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:33:01 +0200
Heinz Wiesinger <pprkut at liwjatan.at> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I got more and more requests from people about an update for the ffmpeg version 
> we have in the repo as it is already quite a bit dated. Usually I wait until a 
> new Slackware release with the update, since verifying everything still builds 
> with it is easier this way. Even more so since the amount of packages 
> depending/using ffmpeg grew so large that testing it all by myself is no longer 
> feasible.
> 
> However, while the next Slackware release is definitely closer than it was a 
> couple months ago, I guess it's still a ways off. So I figured we might as well 
> try to test the update in a "crowdsourced" fashion and see how that goes :)
> 
> I pushed a branch with my changes to github. You can find it here:
> 
> https://github.com/pprkut/SlackBuilds/tree/ffmpeg
> 
> This contains an updated ffmpeg (2.6.3), x264 (20150223) and ffmpegthumbnailer 
> (2.0.10) as well as build fixes for transcode.
> 
> What remains is testing all the remaining scripts to make sure nothing breaks.
> 
> I grepped the repo and had a look at everything that might depend on ffmpeg or 
> x264. Below you can find a (hopefully) comprehensive list. Items I'm not sure 
> about I marked with "(?)". I already tested
> 
> libraries/libquicktime
> multimedia/mediatomb
> multimedia/transcode
> 
> I kindly ask for help testing the remaining scripts to make sure nothing 
> breaks :)
> 
> I already know John Vogel tested some of these, so it might be good to wait 
> for his feedback before rushing off compiling things in order to reduce 
> duplicate work. Although double-checking certainly won't hurt here :)
> 
> Thanks in advance for the help! Here we go with the list:
> 
> ffmpeg
> ===================
> audio/audacity
> audio/cmus
> audio/deadbeef
> audio/kid3
> audio/kradio
> audio/lastfm
> audio/mpd
> audio/qmmp
> audio/soundconverter
> audio/xmms2 (?)
> audio/xwax
> desktop/recorditnow
> desktop/ssr
> desktop/thunar-thumbnailers
> games/alephone
> games/dolphin-emu
> games/openmw
> games/vcmi
> gis/grass
> graphics/digikam
> libraries/OpenSceneGraph (?)
> libraries/alsa-plugins
> libraries/audioread
> libraries/chromaprint
> libraries/ffms2
> libraries/libunicap
> libraries/libvdpau-va-gl
> libraries/opal
> libraries/opencv
> libraries/wxsvg
> multimedia/bombono-dvd
> multimedia/cantata
> multimedia/cinelerra
> multimedia/devede
> multimedia/dvd-slideshow
> multimedia/dvdrip
> multimedia/dvdstyler (?)
> multimedia/emoc
> multimedia/ffmpeg2theora
> multimedia/flowblade
> multimedia/get_iplayer
> multimedia/gimp-gap
> multimedia/gnupod
> multimedia/gpac
> multimedia/guvcview
> multimedia/imagination
> multimedia/kino
> multimedia/kodi (?)
> multimedia/lives
> multimedia/lwks
> multimedia/makemkv
> multimedia/minidlna
> multimedia/miro
> multimedia/mlt
> multimedia/mpv
> multimedia/ripit
> multimedia/rosa-media-player
> multimedia/sinthgunt
> multimedia/spek
> multimedia/stills2dv
> multimedia/vlc (?)
> multimedia/winff
> multimedia/xjadeo
> multimedia/xvst
> network/Pafy
> network/cherokee
> network/freerdp
> network/imageshack-uploader (?)
> network/linphone
> network/you-get
> network/youtube-dl
> network/ZoneMinder
> system/motion
> 
> x264
> ===================
> libraries/gst1-plugins-ugly
> multimedia/avidemux
> multimedia/gst-plugins-ugly
> multimedia/kdenlive
> multimedia/mythtv

Thanks for the heads up, Heinz.

For work I have done so far and also have in progress, my repo is at:

https://github.com/jvvv/SBo-ffmpeg-related-build-fixes.

I've already contacted B. Watson about alephone patches. If I have time
this evening, I'll try to put together a build script for winff.
I haven't added it yet, but I'll also be adding an updated mpv SlackBuild
after dinner.

Cheers,
John