https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/media-video/ffmpeg Current description for vpx is: " Enables vp8 codec support using libvpx: Decoding vp8 does not require this to be enabled but libvpx can also be used for decoding; encoding vp8 requires this useflag to be enabled though. " But I was told https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/gb7e4n/trying_to_record_desktop_with_ffmpeg_webm_vp9opus/fp5cnkm/ that this is also about VP9.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f1fb8c0c9f4794cf077914a5ac6687f00bc2eeae commit f1fb8c0c9f4794cf077914a5ac6687f00bc2eeae Author: Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2020-06-11 14:53:49 +0000 Commit: Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-06-11 15:30:37 +0000 media-video/ffmpeg: improve vpx usedesc Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/720262 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.100, Repoman-2.3.22 Signed-off-by: Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> media-video/ffmpeg/metadata.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)