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Subject : [packman] Status of package MPlayer - is it dead already? Message-ID : <[email protected]> Date & Time: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:58:55 +0200 [MH] == Manfred Hollstein <[email protected]> has written: MH> Hi there, MH> MPlayer cannot be built on Tumbleweed since quite some time. One reason MH> is that it still needs ffmpeg-6 which in turn needs libSvtAv1Enc3 which MH> no longer exists in TW. MH> I took some time today and re-created the old SVT-AV1-3.0.1 based MH> package as a new package A_tw-SVT-AV1 in Essentials; ffmpeg-6 then MH> needed to restrict the build time requirement for libSvtAv1Enc to ignore MH> versions >= 4. This resulted in a new build of MPlayer an hour ago. MH> But, to be honest, MPlayer is a dead horse, isn't it? It hasn't seen a MH> new release since over 4 years. Shouldn't we disable it for Tumbleweed MH> at least? As long as it still builds for Leap, it can remain enabled for MH> them, but the stunts I did with the libSvtAv1Enc3 and ffmpeg-6 fixes are MH> overkill, aren't they? MH> What do others think? Should the stuff kept around and MPlayer gets MH> deactivated after the next build failure, or should I disable it right MH> away on Tumbleweed? I build the MPlayer svn head almost every day. MPlayer 1.5.r38685-16 (C) 2000-2026 MPlayer Team However, since MPlayer development has stalled since February 2022, it is now recommended to use mpv instead. It's true that mpv is more feature-rich and comes in handy. Bets Regards. -- ┏━━┓彡 Masaru Nomiya mail-to: nomiya @ ab.auone-net.jp ┃＼／彡 ┗━━┛ " Reading widely about things that don't seem immediately or practically useful, in the hope that what you learn now may prove meaningful later―that's pretty much the definition of a liberal- arts education. Who knew that one of its best defenders would turn out to be a computer scientist? " -- "What Does It Really Mean to Learn?" THE NEW YORKER -- _______________________________________________ Packman mailing list [email protected] https://lists.links2linux.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/packman
