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 1C081CAC592 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout10.t-online.de (mailout10.t-online.de [194.25.134.21]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.web10.1104.1758042415775992608 for ; Tue, 16 Sep 2025 10:06:56 -0700 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=none (message not signed); spf=pass (domain: t-online.de, ip: 194.25.134.21, mailfrom: f_l_k@t-online.de) Received: from fwd72.aul.t-online.de (fwd72.aul.t-online.de [10.223.144.98]) by mailout10.t-online.de (Postfix) with SMTP id D895E37FE0; Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:06:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.178.36] ([84.163.44.62]) by fwd72.t-online.de with (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 encrypted) esmtp id 1uyZ8l-3HzoUi0; Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:06:51 +0200 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 19:06:45 +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: <97YO2T.IKZQF19TC8BH1@t-online.de> In-Reply-To: <1865D16D5AB1B07F.13540@lists.openembedded.org> References: <20250916155800.3860178-1-f_l_k@t-online.de> <1865D16D5AB1B07F.13540@lists.openembedded.org> X-Mailer: geary/46.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-fdHobDTrIvpyLW8Z/c9N" X-TOI-EXPURGATEID: 150726::1758042411-29FF89FF-7C37F6B6/0/0 CLEAN NORMAL X-TOI-MSGID: 76752a28-98cf-473e-a901-e0b0b7e1fe1a 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 ; Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:07:06 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/223579 --=-fdHobDTrIvpyLW8Z/c9N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed I think that was because I had to build Kodi and mpv with different ffmpeg versions at the time, because mpv was updated to ffmpeg 7 but Kodi wasn't ready yet. Similar situation like today with ffmpeg 8. There exists a patch to add ffmpeg 8 support in kodi but to me it feels like its a bit to early for this step. couldn't find a way to use two different system versions of ffmpeg as long as they only differed in the version number. > I only remember that I had issues with using it but not exactly what > it was. --=-fdHobDTrIvpyLW8Z/c9N Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
I think that was because I had to build Kodi and mpv with different ffmpeg versions at the time, because mpv was updated to ffmpeg 7 but Kodi wasn't ready yet.
Similar situation like today with ffmpeg 8. There exists a patch to add ffmpeg 8 support in kodi but to me it feels like its a bit to early for this step. 

 couldn't find a way to use two different system versions of ffmpeg as long as they only differed in the version number.  

I only remember that I had issues with using it but not exactly what it was. 
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