Index | Thread | Search

From:
Landry Breuil <landry@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: ffmpeg-8.0 unable to play certain video formats
To:
ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Tue, 4 Nov 2025 14:32:21 +0100

Download raw body.

Thread
Le Tue, Nov 04, 2025 at 02:17:50PM +0100, Kirill A. Korinsky a écrit :
> On Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:38:41 +0100,
> David Goudou <david.goudou@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 03 Nov 25 - 18:24, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > > 
> > > "So, installing ffmpeg4.4 solves my problem."
> > > 
> > > ->
> > > 
> > > Status:  RESOLVED
> > > Closed: 25 days ago
> > >  WORKSFORME
> > > 
> > > *me cries*
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Not sure where to go from here. ffmpeg upstream or back to firefox bugzilla?
> > 
> > Probably not viable for me to keep ffmpeg at 6 just for ff playback as the snapshots been built with 8Resolution: --- UNCONFIRMED 
> > 
> 
> Here a diff which allows me to build firefox which plays a video by openning
> https://justdavid.org/x3kja9d680zf1.mp4
> 
> It is a bit hacky but works.
> 
> Landry, are you ok with this way? If yes I'll backport it to firefox-esr.

I'll be ok with something that is accepted upstream first :) and from
what i'm seeing the upstreaming effort in
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1962139 is stuck/in limbo.

> +LIB_DEPENDS +=		graphics/ffmpeg

why so ?