[FFmpeg-user] Next Release

[Armin Hasitzka]

> > > So I've been running FATE on current `master` all the way back to
> > > `3c700c82cbee49d1f40b6a7063f4b084ae3ee747` and I can't seem to get far
> > > with it, one of these two always fail:
> > >
> > > - ./tests/ref/fate/filter-earwax
> > > - ./tests/ref/lavf/mxf
> > >
> > > Are these tests flaky, am I doing something wrong or is current
> > > `master` broken? Happy to share more setup details if it helps
> > > (running on Ubuntu 16.04.7).
> >
> > Hehe it's just me; didn't realise I had to install FFmpeg for FATE to
> > work (should've looked at `lavf-mxf.err` earlier) :)
>
> That surprises me because I haven't installed FFmpeg for
> several years (the last bug report that was about an installation
> issue).

In my case it was a version mismatch; I had `4.2.3` sitting in
`/usr/local` and those libs got precedence over whatever I had just
built. As soon as I saw the warning it was quite clear (extremely
handy stuff btw!)

Armin
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