Hi Bjørn, On Thu, 30 Jul 2026, 19:08:54 +0200, Bjørn Lie wrote: > to., juli 30 2026 at kl. 17.58 +0200 +02:00:00 skrev Manfred Hollstein > <[email protected]> følgende: > > Hi there, > > > > MPlayer cannot be built on Tumbleweed since quite some time. One reason > > is that it still needs ffmpeg-6 which in turn needs libSvtAv1Enc3 which > > no longer exists in TW. > > > > I took some time today and re-created the old SVT-AV1-3.0.1 based > > package as a new package A_tw-SVT-AV1 in Essentials; ffmpeg-6 then > > needed to restrict the build time requirement for libSvtAv1Enc to ignore > > versions >= 4. This resulted in a new build of MPlayer an hour ago. > > > > But, to be honest, MPlayer is a dead horse, isn't it? It hasn't seen a > > new release since over 4 years. Shouldn't we disable it for Tumbleweed > > at least? As long as it still builds for Leap, it can remain enabled for > > them, but the stunts I did with the libSvtAv1Enc3 and ffmpeg-6 fixes are > > overkill, aren't they? > > > > What do others think? Should the stuff kept around and MPlayer gets > > deactivated after the next build failure, or should I disable it right > > away on Tumbleweed? > > Arch have patches to allow it to build with ffmpeg-7/8, see link > > https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/mplayer
Thanks, that sounds much saner than what I have done earlier. I'll give it a try tomorrow. > /Bjørn Cheers. l8er manfred
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