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FFmpeg Static Auto-Builds
This repository provides static Windows (x86 and x86_64) and Linux (x86_64, arm64) Builds of FFmpeg master and latest release branch with some patches necessary for smooth integration with yt-dlp
Note: The builds provided are only meant to be used with yt-dlp and any unrelated issues/patches will be rejected
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Patches Welcome
Known issues for which patches are welcome:
1. More Builds
There are currently no MacOS builds. If you know how to add them to the workflow, make a PR
2. Removing a segment before the first subtitle
Patches Applied
These patches have been applied to the builds:
1. Decoding non-standard HEVC in FLV containers
HEVC inside FLV has been standardized by @Veovera, implemented by @T-bagwell and merged to FFmpeg master in aa83654 and ac5cc66.
Chinese sites seem to continue using an old non-standard way to deliver HEVC in FLV containers. These builds of FFmpeg support the decoding of such files.
Releases older than 6.1 also supported the encoding of such non-standard files. The implementation was assembled from patches by @xiaoxial, @runner365, and Matthieu Patou. See this comment for details.
Fixes yt-dlp#5874, FFmpeg#6389.
<!-- ## Release-only patches Patches that have been merged in FFmpeg master, but not in FFmpeg's latest release: -->Historical Patches
Patches that were used in the past but are no longer needed as of 7.0:
1. Fix AAC HLS streams being truncated mid stream
by @shirt and @jeeb, merged in c205778. Fixes yt-dlp#618, yt-dlp#998, yt-dlp#1039, FFmpeg#9433
2. Fix for YouTube's VP9 encodes with non-monotonous DTS
by @danny-wu, merged in 68595b4 Fixes yt-dlp#871, youtube-dl#28042, FFmpeg#9086
3. Long path support for Windows
by @nihil-admirari. Fixes yt-dlp#1995, yt-dlp#1273, FFmpeg#8885.
This patch has been substantially reworked by FFmpeg devs @softworkz and @mstorsjo, and merged in a series of commits: 3fb9244 4cdc14a 6076dbc f579a1d 6b32ad5 c5aba39 bc8f1bb 5d5a014 3b3c567 fee765c cc5844d dfa062e 13350e8 c381f54 69364a0
4. Chapter embedding regression
by @bashonly. Fixes FFmpeg#10482
Fixed upstream by @mkver; merged in 02064ba.
5. WebVTT decoding fix
by @tpikonen. Fixes yt-dlp#4127, FFmpeg#8684
Fixed upstream by @ztion; merged in 51d303e.
2. Use the correct Vulkan NULL type
by @nihil-admirari. Makes it possible to build the current master for Win32 targets.
Fixed upstream by @ceyusa; merged in 2bcc124.
Credits
- @BtbN for the original workflow
- @nihil-admirari for creating and maintaining this repo
PS: The commits are unsigned because of the periodic automatic rebase