Re: kodi 19.1 and ffmpeg 4.4 is not yet supported

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Author: Thorsten Rehm
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To: dmo-discussion
Subject: Re: kodi 19.1 and ffmpeg 4.4 is not yet supported
Hi,

I've just updated kodi to the version you've provided, but the problem
still persists:
---snip---
2021-07-16 13:15:44.026 T:127788    INFO <general>: Starting Kodi
(19.1 (19.1.0) Git:20210715-nogitfound). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
2021-07-16 13:15:44.026 T:127788    INFO <general>: Using Release Kodi x64
2021-07-16 13:15:44.026 T:127788    INFO <general>: Kodi compiled
2021-07-15 by GCC 10.2.1 for Linux x86 64-bit version 5.10.46 (330286)
2021-07-16 13:15:44.026 T:127788    INFO <general>: Running on Debian
GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version
5.10.0-7-amd64
2021-07-16 13:15:44.026 T:127788    INFO <general>: FFmpeg version/source: 4.4
[...]
2021-07-16 13:16:30.220 T:127791   ERROR <general>:
CAEEncoderFFmpeg::Encode - Encoding failed
---snap---


Furthermore there is a additional warning:
2021-07-16 13:16:35.270 T:127791 WARNING <general>: ActiveAE - large
audio sync error: 5055.319153

^there are a lot of these warnings, not only one.

And just for the record, with this versions (kodi and ffmpeg) there
aren't any problems / errors:
---snip---
2021-07-16 13:28:03.474 T:130191    INFO <general>: Starting Kodi
(19.1 (19.1.0) Git:20210508-nogitfound). Platform: Linux x86 64-bit
2021-07-16 13:28:03.474 T:130191    INFO <general>: Using Release Kodi x64
2021-07-16 13:28:03.474 T:130191    INFO <general>: Kodi compiled
2021-05-08 by GCC 10.2.1 for Linux x86 64-bit version 5.10.28 (330268)
2021-07-16 13:28:03.474 T:130191    INFO <general>: Running on Debian
GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye), kernel: Linux x86 64-bit version
5.10.0-7-amd64
2021-07-16 13:28:03.474 T:130191    INFO <general>: FFmpeg version/source: 4.3.2
---snap---


For my better understanding: Is it a good idea to use ffmpeg 4.4
(upstream fix or not), if the kodi team officially says: "We don't
support ffmpeg 4.4 yet"?

Thorsten


On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 16:19, Thorsten Rehm <thorsten.rehm@???> wrote:
>
> Ahhh, ok :-)
> I'm going to test the updated packages resp. the E-AC3 transcoding
> thoroughly tomorrow.
> I'll keep you posted. Thank you very much so far!
>
> Thorsten
>
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 16:03, Christian Marillat
> <marillat@???> wrote:
> >
> > On 15 juil. 2021 15:58, Thorsten Rehm <thorsten.rehm@???> wrote:
> >
> > > Sure.
> > > I hope I understand you correctly, and you mean to download the
> > > packages and try a manual installation. If so, here we go:
> > > This would upgrade the kodi packages and furthermore the ffmpeg
> > > packages to their latest version, which is 4.4.
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > The provided packages from your link will not change the dependency
> > > behavior, if this was the plan ;-)
> >
> > I'm not saying that downgrading to ffmpeg 4.3.2 is the solution.
> > From packages changelog :
> >
> > ,----
> > | kodi-dmo (5:19.1-dmo3) unstable; urgency=medium
> > |
> > |   * New upstream patch to fix E-AC3 transcoding with ffmpeg 4.4 (Thanks to
> > |     Thorsten Rehm for the bug report).
> > |
> > |  -- Christian Marillat <marillat@???>  Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:42:07 +0200
> > `----

> >
> > Christian
> >
> >