[debbugs-tracker] bug#18814: closed (ffmpeg 2.4.2 upgrade broke vlc)

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> ffmpeg 2.4.2 upgrade broke vlc
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> Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:57:23 -0400
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux)
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> Jason Self <address@hidden> writes:
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> > commit 7947a05439cc26d93bd93300f38d216dbb93c76d
> > Author: Jason Self <address@hidden>
> > Date:   Mon Oct 20 12:32:42 2014 -0700
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> >     gnu: ffmpeg: Update to 2.4.2.
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> >     * gnu/packages/video.scm (ffmpeg): Update to version 2.4.2.
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> This broke the vlc build with the following error:
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>   checking for AVCODEC... yes
>   configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet.
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>   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
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> I tried upgrading vlc to the latest release (2.1.5), but it didn't help:
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>   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
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> Two solutions come to mind:
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> * Add an alternate 'ffmpeg-2.3' package (in addition to 2.4.x) for use
>   by vlc.
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> * Look for upstream vlc patches that fix this problem.
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> Jason, would you like to look into it?
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>      Mark
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> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Jason Self <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> commit 7947a05439cc26d93bd93300f38d216dbb93c76d
> >> Author: Jason Self <address@hidden>
> >> Date:   Mon Oct 20 12:32:42 2014 -0700
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> >>     gnu: ffmpeg: Update to 2.4.2.
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> >>     * gnu/packages/video.scm (ffmpeg): Update to version 2.4.2.
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> > This broke the vlc build with the following error:
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> >   checking for AVCODEC... yes
> >   configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet.
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> I fixed this by adding ffmpeg-2.2 and using it for vlc, in commit
> f9e687b51aafaa160b3c361c801ec5823dbef2f0.  I'm closing this bug now.
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>       Mark
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