[Bug 1965181] Re: ffmpeg: from ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 on Bionic is uninstallable using instructions (libx264-163 unavailable)

2022-03-17 Thread henczati
Hi! @savoury1 Rob, as a hotfix, you could add the lib (already built for vlc3 PPA) to the ffmpeg5 PPA. If that's more complicated than I think, until you have time for a better solution, just add the vlc3 PPA (containing the missing lib) to the install instructions of the ffmpeg5 PPA as noted in

[Bug 1965181] Re: ffmpeg: from ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 on Bionic is uninstallable using instructions (libx264-163 unavailable)

2022-03-17 Thread Pieter Viljoen
Understood, and sad, it would be a loss for my project and the community, I hope you find a way to survive. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965181 Title: ffmpeg: from

[Bug 1965181] Re: ffmpeg: from ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 on Bionic is uninstallable using instructions (libx264-163 unavailable)

2022-03-17 Thread Rob Savoury
Pieter, it's quite simple, FFmpeg 5 needs to be rebuilt against the new libx264-164 and I have been well aware of this for weeks. However, due FFmpeg 5 not being used by any other PPAs at my site it is not a priority. Also, in all likelihood the entire project that I've spent 2.5 years working on

[Bug 1965181] Re: ffmpeg: from ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 on Bionic is uninstallable using instructions (libx264-163 unavailable)

2022-03-16 Thread Pieter Viljoen
I was happy that you added ffmpeg5, I use it in my docker project, and it worked great. Got a GitHub actions notification that the build on Sunday failed. Got a similar problem with ubuntu:latest and ubuntu:focal as described. I understand the experimental bit, just wanted to let you know that I

[Bug 1965181] Re: ffmpeg: from ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 on Bionic is uninstallable using instructions (libx264-163 unavailable)

2022-03-16 Thread Rob Savoury
Have updated the description of the FFmpeg 5 PPA with the following: *** THIS PPA IS "EXPERIMENTAL" -- NO SUPPORT IS OFFERED FOR FFMPEG 5 *** No attention to bugs with FFmpeg 5 will be given at this time, due it not being used by any other software at any other PPAs of mine. ** Changed in: