[digiKam-users] fdk-aac support in appimage

[Gilles Caulier]

Andrey,

Any feedback here ? Did you seen my previous message ?

Best

Gilles Caulier

Le sam. 24 nov. 2018 à 16:57, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> a
écrit :

> Hi,
>
> The difficulty about ffmpeg compilation is the huge external dependencies
> to solve to obtain the libraries.
>
> Remember that DK AppImage is compiled under Centos6 for binary
> compatibility and ffmpeg is not avaialble by default. To compile ffmpeg i
> need to use external repositories not official and more and less maintained.
>
> But, i use also ffmpeg at work to stream endoscope from the machine to
> Internet. I use also Centos, and i solved this problem recently by using a
> pre-compiled version of ffmpeg libraries available here :
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/avbuild/files/
>
> The advantage is to switch from ffmpeg 3 to 4 in appimage.
>
> The disavantage is to not have any control on ffmpeg codecs available. You
> must use as well.
>
> So please take a look at last 4.0.3 XV tarball for linux which contain the
> static ffmpeg binary. Look if the relevant codecs is available for you...
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
>
>
> Le sam. 24 nov. 2018 à 16:39, Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>> Hello Gilles,
>>
>> I am wondering if you compile ffmpeg with fdk-aac codec within the
>> appimage.
>> Looks like the latest beta appimage can't play such files so I guess the
>> answer is no.
>> I have noticed that VLC, ffmpeg, Handbrake, etc. dropped fdk-aac support
>> by default due to some licensing issues and was wondering what is your
>> opinion on this.
>>
>> I do have many videos coded using fdk-aac and I have to decide now on
>> whether I recode all of them with another codec or just recompile ffmpeg,
>> VLC and digikam myself.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Andrey
>>
>
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