Bug 539856

Summary:	media-video/vlc-2.1.2 with media-video/ffmpeg-2.5.3 - configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	b1254633 <b1254633>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Paweł Stankowski <aambitny>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	media-video, proxy-maint, steffen.weber, sven.koehler
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description b1254633 2015-02-12 10:57:03 UTC

vlc-2.1.2 compiles only with =<ffmpeg-2.2.

With ffmpeg-2.5 I get this error:
configure: error: libavcodec versions 56 and later are not supported yet

Please, fix it

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Paweł Stankowski 2015-02-15 16:15:38 UTC

I tried to compile vlc-2.1.5 with ffmpeg-2.2.12 and it compiled successfully, so the problem is only with ffmpeg-2.5.*.

This is connected to avcodec use flag: ffmpeg 2.5 provides newer interface, that is not supported by VLC 2.1.*.

You can:
- switch to live ebuild 2.2.9999 or 9999
- install media-video/libav instead of media-video/ffmpeg (because both provide virtual/ffmpeg package)
- downgrade media-video/ffmpeg
- drop avcodec USE flag

I will add dependency on <media-video/ffmpeg-2.5 to vlc 2.1.5-r1 and 2.1.9999. Older ebuilds are based on obsolete virtual/ffmpeg dependency and are going to be deleted when 2.1.5-r1 is stabilized. ffmpeg-2.5 rather won't be stabilized before vlc-2.1.5-r1.

Comment 2 b1254633 2015-02-16 09:22:29 UTC

VLC 2.1.5 supports ffmpeg 2.5.*. Please, correct it

Comment 3 b1254633 2015-02-20 22:25:22 UTC

VLC 2.1.5 supports ffmpeg 2.5.*. Please, correct it

Comment 4 Paweł Stankowski 2015-02-21 00:42:41 UTC

All in all, I have not changed ebuild I mentioned because of you comment. But why do you repeat it? Are you sure that ebuild vlc-2.1.5-r1 is also broken?

It should not be. vlc-2.1.5 and newer are working correctly with ffmpeg 2.5.

The only problem that remains is that vlc-2.1.2 does not compile. However, vlc-2.1.5 must be stabilized anyway because of security bug in 2.1.2.

Can I close this bug?

Comment 5 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2015-02-22 07:21:05 UTC

Occurs when using libav-11.2 as well.

Comment 6 jospezial 2015-09-28 14:59:33 UTC

vlc-2.1.2 is not in tree any more.

Comment 7 Ian Delaney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-10-04 08:26:21 UTC

purged from portage