On Thu Nov 14, 2024 at 12:18:03PM +0100, Rafael Sadowski wrote: > > I also see this in my last ffmpeg6 bulk build: > > > > 307071 Error: > > /tmp/pobj/vlc-3.0.20/fake-amd64/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_drm_plugin.so > > does not exist > > 307072 Error: > > /tmp/pobj/vlc-3.0.20/fake-amd64/usr/local/lib/vlc/plugins/codec/libvaapi_plugin.so > > does not exist > > > > It's because VLC depends on libavcodec/vaapi.h that was removed in ffmpeg6. > > This is also the reason why everyone delivers ffmpeg4 and ffmpeg6. >
In other words If we want ffmpeg6 only (What is currently the consensus), we have to drop vlc vaapi support until vlc switch to ffmpeg6. I am in favour of doing it this way as I think the benefit of ffmpeg6 is greater.
