On 2024/11/14 13:51, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> On Thu Nov 14, 2024 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Rafael Sadowski wrote:
> > > I also see this in my last ffmpeg6 bulk build:
> > > 
> > > 307071 Error: /tmp/pobj/vlc-3.0.20/fake-amd64/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_drm_plugin.so does not exist
> > > 307072 Error: /tmp/pobj/vlc-3.0.20/fake-amd64/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_plugin.so does not exist
> > > 
> > 
> > It's because VLC depends on libavcodec/vaapi.h that was removed in ffmpeg6.
> > 
> > This is also the reason why everyone delivers ffmpeg4 and ffmpeg6.
> > 
> 
> In other words If we want ffmpeg6 only (What is currently the
> consensus), we have to drop vlc vaapi support until vlc switch to ffmpeg6.
> 
> I am in favour of doing it this way as I think the benefit of ffmpeg6 is
> greater.
> 

That seems reasonable. (There is also that VA-API issue in VLC with AMD
which means that users with affected hardware currently have to modify
their config to disable it..).