This repository provides static Windows (x86 and x86_64) and Linux (x86_64, arm64) Builds of FFmpeg master and latest release branch with some patches necessary for smooth integration with yt-dlp
Note: The builds provided are only meant to be used with yt-dlp and any unrelated issues/patches will be rejected
Known issues for which patches are welcome:
There are currently no MacOS builds. If you know how to add them to the workflow, make a PR
Patches that have been merged in FFmpeg master, but not in FFmpeg's latest release:
by @tpikonen. Fixes yt-dlp#4127, FFmpeg#8684
Fixed upstream by @ztion; merged in 51d303e.
Patches that were used in the past but are no longer needed as of 6.1:
by @shirt and @jeeb, merged in c205778. Fixes yt-dlp#618, yt-dlp#998, yt-dlp#1039, FFmpeg#9433
by @danny-wu, merged in 68595b4 Fixes yt-dlp#871, youtube-dl#28042, FFmpeg#9086
by @nihil-admirari. Fixes yt-dlp#1995, yt-dlp#1273, FFmpeg#8885.
This patch has been substantially reworked by FFmpeg devs @softworkz and @mstorsjo, and merged in a series of commits: 3fb9244 4cdc14a 6076dbc f579a1d 6b32ad5 c5aba39 bc8f1bb 5d5a014 3b3c567 fee765c cc5844d dfa062e 13350e8 c381f54 69364a0
by @bashonly. Fixes FFmpeg#10482
Fixed upstream by @mkver; merged in 02064ba.
HEVC inside FLV has been standardized by @Veovera, implemented by @T-bagwell and merged to FFmpeg master in aa83654 and ac5cc66.
Releases older than 6.1 used a non-standard implementation assembled from patches by @xiaoxial, @runner365, and Matthieu Patou. See this comment for details.
Fixes yt-dlp#5874, FFmpeg#6389.
- @BtbN for the original workflow
- @nihil-admirari for creating and maintaining this repo
PS: The commits are unsigned because of the periodic automatic rebase