Add FFmpeg 5.0

[wolf-yuan-6115]

FFmpeg 5.0 is released now, but ffmpeg-static doesn't update yet.
These mirrors have FFmpeg 5.0:

• gyan.dev
• johnvansickle.com
• evermeet.cx
• osxexperts.net
• sudo-nautilus/FFmpeg-Builds-Win32

These mirrors don't have FFmpeg 5.0:

• thefrank/ffmpeg-static-Freebsd

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Platforms already have FFmpeg 5.0 binaries:

• Windows (x64)
• Linux (All)
• Darwin (All)

Platforms don't have FFmpeg 5.0 binaries:

• Windows (ia32)
• FreeBSD

[derhuerst]

cc @sudo-nautilus @Thefrank

[derhuerst]

What needs to be done from the ffmpeg-static side:

• wait until all mirrors are up-to-date
• adapt the binary downloading script, if necessary
• push a b5.0.0 tag, and let the CI download & re-publish the binaries to the GitHub release
• package.json: change the GitHub release used & publish with a bumped version

[sudo-nautilus]

I believe that there are ffmpeg builds from the 5.0 branch, in my repo

[wolf-yuan-6115]

I believe that there are ffmpeg builds from the 5.0 branch, in my repo

Oof sorry, I didn't see that...

[Thefrank]

I am currently waiting on patches for FreeBSD to show up in ports :(

pending commit:
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=261302
(I will give the patch here a try when I get some free time later this week)

[derhuerst]

@Thefrank any news? 🙂

[Thefrank]

It still has not even made it to FreeBSD ports.
At this point I don't think its fair holding up 99% of the user base.
You can drop support for now and once ffmpeg 5 is working under FreeBSD and I can get a static build of it, I can open a pull request to readd support.

Sorry about all of the delays here!

[wolf-yuan-6115]

It still has not even made it to FreeBSD ports. At this point I don't think its fair holding up 99% of the user base. You can drop support for now and once ffmpeg 5 is working under FreeBSD and I can get a static build of it, I can open a pull request to readd support.

Sorry about all of the delays here!

Maybe this is better, why don't release FFmpeg 5.0? When user is using FreeBSD, then download FFmpeg 4.4 instead.

[tylers-username]

As an added thought here, would you be open to an MR (or this may require a fork) that implements this logic:

• Install ffmpeg latest stable 5: yarn add ffmpeg-static@~5.0.0 OR yarn add ffmpeg-static@regular-semantic-version#5.0.0

This would allow users to lock in the specific versions of ffmpeg that they require.

[derhuerst]

@tylerssn That already is a feature of all common package managers, right? There is a not very detailed doc for Yarn and one for npm on this.

Or am I misunderstand you?

[derhuerst]

@wolf-yuan-6115 @Thefrank I'll remove FreeBSD in ffmpeg-static@5.0.0, and we'll hopefully add it back later. People who need a FreeBSD will have to use ffmpeg-static@^4 then.

[derhuerst]

Published as ffmpeg-static@5.0.0. 🎉 Thanks everyone!

[tylers-username]

@tylerssn That already is a feature of all common package managers, right? There is a not very detailed doc for Yarn and one for npm on this.

Of course 😺 . I was just proposing two options to go about it—use the normal semantic versioning, except the major number represents the FFmpeg version.

Or to use semantic versioning for the repository (yarn add ffmpeg-static@repo-sem-ver followed by .ffmpeg-5.0, resulting in: yarn add ffmpeg-static@repo-sem-ver.ffmpeg-5.0

Either way, thanks for the quick work on this!

[derhuerst]

Of course 😺 . I was just proposing two options to go about it—use the normal semantic versioning, except the major number represents the FFmpeg version.

How would I upgrade the required Node.js version then, which is a breaking change, if no major ffmpeg version has been published?

Or to use semantic versioning for the repository (yarn add ffmpeg-static@repo-sem-ver followed by .ffmpeg-5.0, resulting in: yarn add ffmpeg-static@repo-sem-ver.ffmpeg-5.0

But then all the built-in SemVer mechanisms don't work anymore (e.g. npm upgrade ffmpeg-static/yarn upgrade). An option might be to use dist tags for this.

[tylers-username]

Looking at the dist tag docs, I don't think those will do the trick either.

Going back to what you actually implemented, that may be the win since this repo is literally ffmpeg-static. yarn add ffmpeg-static@5.0 installs ffmpeg 5.0; @4.0 installs 4.0, etc.

Thanks much for the work on this.

[derhuerst]

5.1.6

• git tag

ffmpeg

• Linux x64
• Linux x86
• Linux arm
• Linux arm64
• macOS x64
• macOS arm64
• Windows x64
• Windows x86
• FreeBSD

ffprobe

• Linux x64
• Linux x86
• Linux arm
• Linux arm64
• macOS x64
• macOS arm64
• Windows x64
• Windows x86
• FreeBSD