From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4082CAC5A0 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:50:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout11.t-online.de (mailout11.t-online.de [194.25.134.85]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web11.7350.1758365401077617987 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2025 03:50:01 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=none (message not signed); spf=pass (domain: t-online.de, ip: 194.25.134.85, mailfrom: f_l_k@t-online.de) Received: from fwd71.aul.t-online.de (fwd71.aul.t-online.de [10.223.144.97]) by mailout11.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E9201C5FC; Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:49:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.178.36] ([84.154.169.67]) by fwd71.t-online.de with (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1uzvAC-3cshnc0; Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:49:56 +0200 Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:49:50 +0200 From: Markus Volk Subject: Re: [oe-core][PATCH 1/2] introduce virtual/ffmpeg To: Alexander Kanavin Cc: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org Message-Id: <2FVV2T.SU62KH523LF@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: References: <20250916155800.3860178-1-f_l_k@t-online.de> X-Mailer: geary/46.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-i916CXkNSc0DQ+QIrHec" X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 150726::1758365396-57FFC90B-6DF864D3/0/0 CLEAN NORMAL X-TOI-MSGID: 447a60f3-1569-49d6-b3e0-d56c788a35f9 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from li982-79.members.linode.com [45.33.32.79] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2025 10:50:02 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/223779 --=-i916CXkNSc0DQ+QIrHec Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 16 2025 at 18:26:32 +02:00:00, Alexander Kanavin=20 wrote: > This needs more detail. What else would be providing virtual/ffmpeg, > other than ffmpeg itself? Why the justification is talking about > 'different versions', and not different providers? Because it's been a while, I found it surprisingly difficult to get to=20 the point ;) I think I tried it as you recommended, and I also think that I only=20 needed =E2=80=98virtual/kodi=E2=80=99 at the time. The 'idea' of virtual/ffmpeg is introduced in meta-raspberrypi because=20 it provides rpidistro-ffmpeg, and the build system therefore expects me to set a PREFERRED_PROVIDER=20 for it. --=-i916CXkNSc0DQ+QIrHec Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Sep 16 2025 at 18:26:32 +02:00:= 00, Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com> wrote:
This needs more detail. What else would be providing virtual/ffmpeg, other than ffmpeg itself? Why the justification is talking about 'different versions', and not different providers?
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Because it's been a while, I found it sur= prisingly difficult to get to the point ;)

I think= I tried it as you recommended, and I also think that I only needed =E2=80= =98virtual/kodi=E2=80=99 at the time.
The 'idea' of virtual/ffmpe= g is introduced in meta-raspberrypi because it provides rpidistro-ffmpeg,
and the build system therefore expects me to set a PREFERRED_PROVI= DER for it.
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