[FFmpeg-user] getting latest version of ffmpeg to work with Roku
Larry Roberts
mythtv at american-hero.com
Sat Aug 3 03:01:55 CEST 2013
Trying to use ffmpeg to convert videos to a roku compatible format. I
have a script that has worked fine for the better part of 6 months, but
I just upgraded from an older machine to a new virtual machine and along
with this upgraded my ffmpeg version.
I went from what I believe is 0.4.8 (see below) to the latest distro
version.
## Working Version ##
ffmpeg version N-48402-gaa86d2d
built on Jan 2 2013 18:15:58 with gcc 4.4.6 (GCC) 20120305 (Red Hat
4.4.6-4)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264
--enable-libfaac --enable-nonfree
libavutil 52. 13.100 / 52. 13.100
libavcodec 54. 85.100 / 54. 85.100
libavformat 54. 59.100 / 54. 59.100
libavdevice 54. 3.102 / 54. 3.102
libavfilter 3. 30.102 / 3. 30.102
libswscale 2. 1.103 / 2. 1.103
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
## Latest Distro version ##
ffmpeg version 1.2.1
built on May 10 2013 15:14:14 with gcc 4.4.6 (GCC) 20120305 (Red Hat
4.4.6-4)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64
--mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-shared --enable-runtime-cpudetect
--enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter
--enable-pthreads --enable-x11grab --enable-vdpau --disable-avisynth
--enable-frei0r --enable-libopencv --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libgsm
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libnut --enable-libopencore-amrnb
--enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp
--enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx
--enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --extra-cflags='-O2
-g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -fPIC' --disable-stripping
libavutil 52. 18.100 / 52. 18.100
libavcodec 54. 92.100 / 54. 92.100
libavformat 54. 63.104 / 54. 63.104
libavdevice 54. 3.103 / 54. 3.103
libavfilter 3. 42.103 / 3. 42.103
libswscale 2. 2.100 / 2. 2.100
libswresample 0. 17.102 / 0. 17.102
libpostproc 52. 2.100 / 52. 2.100
While no changes have been made to the script , a once working solution
now produces videos that wont work on the Roku. In googling I found
some emails that seem to point to anything 5.10 or before as working fine.
What I would like to do is see if I can compile the latest version from
source and get this to work, or perhaps go back and compile the 5.10
version. I did what I thought was a successful build of ffmpeg but most
of the options that were working are now longer available (presets)
So I'm looking for a little guidance. I'm trying to find a proper
support forum for Roku as well since I think its a problem on their end
most likely (the videos play fine on an iPAD or computer) but I thought
I would ask here as well in case someone has some guidance to offer.
Thanks for any advice.
Larry
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