I double checked this and new ffmpeg libraries *are* statically linked in kodi.bin executable.
Sagi. On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 8:37 AM, LB <[email protected]> wrote: > Saturday, December 27, 2014 "Sagi Ben-Akiva" wrote: > > > Yes there is , taken from http://kodi.tv/kodi-14-0-helix-unwinds/ : > > "To begin, Kodi has been updated to use FFmpeg 2.4.4. For users, this > means > > Kodi will now be capable of playing back h.265 (also known as HEVC) and > VP9 > > video codecs. The use of HEVC and VP9 could result in dramatically > smaller > > video files sizes with exactly the same level of quality. A 40 GB file > > could be compressed to 20 GB. Users with particularly large libraries or > > interest in 4K video may be especially likely to appreciate this update. > > Software support for the VP9 video codec is also included." > > > While in packman repo ffmpeg is at version 2.3.3 > > > https://pmbs.links2linux.de/package/show/Essentials/ffmpeg[https://pmbs.links2linux.de/package/show/Essentials/ffmpeg] > > And it's bound to remain at that version until vlc 2.2 is released. Vlc > 2.1.5 won't build with anything newer than 2.3.x and that's a show-stopper. > > Perhaps the new ffmpeg libraries could be statically linked to kodi? > > Or perhaps someone has a bright idea to make ffmpeg 2.4/2.5 coexist as > ffmpeg_current without having the sonames clash? > > _______________________________________________ > Packman mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman > _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] http://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
