GNU bug report logs - #18814
ffmpeg 2.4.2 upgrade broke vlc

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Jason Self <jself <at> gnu.org>
Cc: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: ffmpeg 2.4.2 upgrade broke vlc
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:57:23 -0400

Jason Self <jself <at> gnu.org> writes:

> commit 7947a05439cc26d93bd93300f38d216dbb93c76d
> Author: Jason Self <j <at> jxself.org>
> Date:   Mon Oct 20 12:32:42 2014 -0700
>
>     gnu: ffmpeg: Update to 2.4.2.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/video.scm (ffmpeg): Update to version 2.4.2.

This broke the vlc build with the following error:

  checking for AVCODEC... yes
  configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet.

See:

  http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/vlc-2.1.4.x86_64-linux
  http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/vlc-2.1.4.i686-linux

I tried upgrading vlc to the latest release (2.1.5), but it didn't help:

  http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/vlc-2.1.5.x86_64-linux
  http://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/vlc-2.1.5.i686-linux

Two solutions come to mind:

* Add an alternate 'ffmpeg-2.3' package (in addition to 2.4.x) for use
  by vlc.

* Look for upstream vlc patches that fix this problem.

Jason, would you like to look into it?

     Mark
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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Jason Self <jself <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 18814-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18814: ffmpeg 2.4.2 upgrade broke vlc
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:08:33 -0400

Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> writes:

> Jason Self <jself <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> commit 7947a05439cc26d93bd93300f38d216dbb93c76d
>> Author: Jason Self <j <at> jxself.org>
>> Date:   Mon Oct 20 12:32:42 2014 -0700
>>
>>     gnu: ffmpeg: Update to 2.4.2.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/video.scm (ffmpeg): Update to version 2.4.2.
>
> This broke the vlc build with the following error:
>
>   checking for AVCODEC... yes
>   configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet.

I fixed this by adding ffmpeg-2.2 and using it for vlc, in commit
f9e687b51aafaa160b3c361c801ec5823dbef2f0.  I'm closing this bug now.

      Mark
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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