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  SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-17 23:53 -0500
    Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-18 13:32 +0100
      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-18 21:07 +0000
        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 02:07 +0100
          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-19 01:42 +0000
            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-19 00:25 -0500
            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 12:19 +0100
              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 12:22 +0100
              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 12:23 +0100
              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-20 04:40 +0000
                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-20 12:26 +0100
                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-20 23:21 +0000
                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-21 01:38 +0100
                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-21 01:44 +0000
                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-21 01:51 +0000
                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-21 12:48 +0100
                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-21 12:05 +0000
          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-19 00:16 -0500
            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-19 09:13 +0000
              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-02-19 18:51 +0000
                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-20 04:41 +0000
                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-20 01:21 -0500
                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-20 08:46 +0000
                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-20 11:25 +0000
                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-20 19:32 +0000
                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-20 23:50 -0500
                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-21 12:54 +0100
                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-21 20:04 +0000
                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-21 21:57 +0100
                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-21 01:11 -0500
                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-21 06:33 +0000
                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-21 01:46 -0500
                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-21 12:14 +0000
                              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-21 20:06 +0000
                                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-22 04:42 -0500
                                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-22 18:49 +0000
                                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-22 23:11 -0500
                                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-02-23 08:55 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-23 19:27 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-23 19:47 -0500
                                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-24 07:39 +0000
                                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 21:35 -0500
                                              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 06:40 +0000
                                                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 04:27 -0500
                                                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-25 11:14 +0100
                                                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 19:50 +0000
                                              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-25 08:52 +0100
                                                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 04:34 -0500
                                                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-25 11:15 +0100
                                                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 06:09 -0500
                                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-23 19:25 +0000
                                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2026-02-23 09:56 -0500
                                  Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-23 09:43 +0000
                                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-23 19:32 +0000
                                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 00:26 -0500
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-02-24 06:58 +0000
                                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 02:10 -0500
                                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-24 20:54 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-24 10:37 +0100
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-24 12:39 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2026-02-24 10:16 -0500
                                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-24 15:28 +0000
                                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 22:27 -0500
                                              Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2026-02-25 08:53 +0100
                                                Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-25 04:36 -0500
                                          Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 22:35 -0500
                                            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-25 06:49 +0000
                                    Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-23 19:48 -0500
                                      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-24 07:40 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-24 12:38 +0000
                                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-24 21:53 -0500
                        Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-21 12:57 +0100
            Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 12:25 +0100
      Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-19 00:20 -0500
        Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-02-19 12:27 +0100
          Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-02-19 11:34 +0000
            Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-02-19 18:51 +0000
            Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-20 01:30 -0500
              Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-02-20 20:00 +0000
          Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-20 04:42 +0000
            Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-02-20 01:26 -0500
    Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-02-20 11:39 +0200
      Re: Something Wrong With DebiVerse FFmpeg Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-02-20 23:35 +0000
    Re: SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2026-02-22 19:29 +0000

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#82085 — SOMETHING Wrong With DebiVerse FFMPEG

All was well, until an 'update'.

Have a very small Python script that uses ffmpeg to
record/resize an rtsp stream from a security camera.
The '-t' param determines the video length, then the
ffmpeg process auto-ends. Then we repeat for the
next video segment. 5-minute vids are ideal.

Or USED TO be.

Now, several times a day, oddly most often at certain
hours, the ffmpeg process will HANG - never exits,
never makes anything beyond a zero-byte vid. No
messages. Might work for 5 minutes, 5 hours, 15 hours,
but it WILL hang eventually.

Kept complicating the script, attempting to force
ffmpeg to end with "kill" or "pkill" commands - but
they are usually invulnerable to that.

Latest, ultra-simplfied ... a little better but STILL
prone to hanging-up.

So, had to write a watchdog script. If the log file
doesn't get updated in 150% vidlength then it reboots
the box. Radical, but the ONLY apparent fix and I've
tried a bunch, a bunch of bunches.

This is all running on a MX Libereto ... a fairly
recent incarnation based on BullsEye.

And no no no ... I'm NOT going to try and install another
version of ffmpeg. Tried that once - it's dependencies
and dependencies and dependencies in a massively growing
pyramid. You'd have to gut the entire system, wind up
with some horrible unmaintainable FrankenDistro.

SO ... for now ... I can stick with my kinda-crappy
fix and hope for an updated update OR move this
particular app to another box, another distro, and
hope it's worth it.

ffmpeg is a huge complicated collection of utilities
accessed under one name. Some or another little part
CAN get screwed up. However the utility as a whole
is ultra-useful, can do most ANYTHING if you feed it
the proper long long command line. Reduced-rez/rate
output from an rtsp stream WITH sound - nothing else
really quite does it, even openCV can't and VNC, well,
I've tried and failed. The GOAL is a "good enough"
video but the sound is the most important thing as
this is my only outdoor camera at the front of
the building. Hi-rez video uses WAY TOO MUCH disk.

Deb 'Trixie' is out - albeit very young and tender -
might have to try that in a VM for experiments.
I'd rather not go Fedora or Arch here ... they're
OK systems but not so much 'on my frequency'
as Deb derivs.

Hmm ... have GhostBSD(FreeBSD) on a VM already and
apparently it WILL run some version of ffmpeg ...
might be worth a try.

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#82088

On 2026-02-18 05:53, c186282 wrote:
> All was well, until an 'update'.
> 
> Have a very small Python script that uses ffmpeg to
> record/resize an rtsp stream from a security camera.
> The '-t' param determines the video length, then the
> ffmpeg process auto-ends. Then we repeat for the
> next video segment. 5-minute vids are ideal.
> 
> Or USED TO be.
> 
> Now, several times a day, oddly most often at certain
> hours, the ffmpeg process will HANG - never exits,
> never makes anything beyond a zero-byte vid. No
> messages. Might work for 5 minutes, 5 hours, 15 hours,
> but it WILL hang eventually.
> 
> Kept complicating the script, attempting to force
> ffmpeg to end with "kill" or "pkill" commands - but
> they are usually invulnerable to that.
> 
> Latest, ultra-simplfied ... a little better but STILL
> prone to hanging-up.
> 
> So, had to write a watchdog script. If the log file
> doesn't get updated in 150% vidlength then it reboots
> the box. Radical, but the ONLY apparent fix and I've
> tried a bunch, a bunch of bunches.
> 
> This is all running on a MX Libereto ... a fairly
> recent incarnation based on BullsEye.
> 
> And no no no ... I'm NOT going to try and install another
> version of ffmpeg. Tried that once - it's dependencies
> and dependencies and dependencies in a massively growing
> pyramid. You'd have to gut the entire system, wind up
> with some horrible unmaintainable FrankenDistro.
> 
> SO ... for now ... I can stick with my kinda-crappy
> fix and hope for an updated update OR move this
> particular app to another box, another distro, and
> hope it's worth it.
> 

In some cases, ffmpeg makes use of hardware support for the codec. If it 
is doing this, probably you can force doing it all in software.

You can try a different codec.

If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has available 
several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82094

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.

Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.

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#82097

On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
> 
> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.

openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of the 
project, and distributed outside of the project, so those limitations do 
not apply.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82098

On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>
>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>
> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of
> the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
> limitations do not apply.

The limitations still apply.

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#82101

On 2/18/26 20:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>>
>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>
>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of
>> the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>> limitations do not apply.
> 
> The limitations still apply.

   ffmpeg is hyper-useful if you're doing video work,
   really nothing else like it. Takes a LOT of very
   obscure params alas.

   I tried VNC ... but couldn't get it to do the same
   stuff. Oh, does VNC actually use ffmpeg under the
   radar or is it all novel code ???

   Anyway, it was working for about six months and
   then an update, and the hang-ups .....

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#82105

On 2026-02-19 02:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>>
>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>
>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of
>> the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>> limitations do not apply.
> 
> The limitations still apply.

I haven't noticed any.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82106

On 2026-02-19 12:19, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-02-19 02:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>>>
>>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>>>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>>
>>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of
>>> the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>>> limitations do not apply.
>>
>> The limitations still apply.
> 
> I haven't noticed any.
> 
cer@Laicolasse:~> ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 4.4.6 Copyright (c) 2000-2025 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 7 (SUSE Linux)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 
--incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --extra-cflags='-fmessage-length=0 
-grecord-gcc-switches -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
-fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables 
-fstack-clash-protection -g' --optflags='-fmessage-length=0 
-grecord-gcc-switches -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
-fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables 
-fstack-clash-protection -g' --disable-htmlpages --enable-pic 
--disable-stripping --enable-shared --disable-static --enable-gpl 
--enable-version3 --enable-libsmbclient --disable-openssl 
--enable-avresample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass 
--enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcelt --enable-libcdio 
--enable-libdav1d --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm 
--enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi 
--enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame 
--enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus 
--enable-libpulse --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora 
--enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis 
--enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libxml2 
--enable-libzimg --enable-libzvbi --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau 
--enable-version3 --enable-libfdk-aac-dlopen --enable-nonfree 
--enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 
--enable-librtmp --enable-libxvid
libavutil      56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
libavcodec     58.134.100 / 58.134.100
libavformat    58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
libavdevice    58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
libavfilter     7.110.100 /  7.110.100
libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
libswscale      5.  9.100 /  5.  9.100
libswresample   3.  9.100 /  3.  9.100
libpostproc    55.  9.100 / 55.  9.100
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/cer
cer@Laicolasse:~>


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82107

On 2026-02-19 12:19, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-02-19 02:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>>>
>>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>>>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>>
>>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of
>>> the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>>> limitations do not apply.
>>
>> The limitations still apply.
> 
> I haven't noticed any.

Meaning all recipes I have tried from Internet worked, never hit one 
that needed a feature that was not compiled. There may be, but I did not 
hit any in my usage.


-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82118

On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:19:44 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2026-02-19 02:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why,
>>>> to get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>>
>>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside
>>> of the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>>> limitations do not apply.
>>
>> The limitations still apply.
>
> I haven't noticed any.

    # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
    ...
    license='nonfree and unredistributable'

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#82132

On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:19:44 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-19 02:42, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:07:02 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>>>>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why,
>>>>> to get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
>>>>
>>>> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside
>>>> of the project, and distributed outside of the project, so those
>>>> limitations do not apply.
>>>
>>> The limitations still apply.
>>
>> I haven't noticed any.
> 
>      # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...

Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.

>      ...
>      license='nonfree and unredistributable'


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        Carlos E.R.
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#82137

On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>>      # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
> 
> Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
> 
>>      ...
>>      license='nonfree and unredistributable'

I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...

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#82140

On 2026-02-21 00:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>>       # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
>>
>> Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
>>
>>>       ...
>>>       license='nonfree and unredistributable'
> 
> I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...

I told you how. It is distributed by another group outside of the 
company, using a server in a country with friendly legislation.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82142

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:38:38 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> On 2026-02-21 00:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
>>>
>>> Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
>>>
>>>>       ...
>>>>       license='nonfree and unredistributable'
>>
>> I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...
>
> I told you how. It is distributed by another group outside of the
> company, using a server in a country with friendly legislation.

“Piracy-friendly” legislation? Not signatories to the Hague
Convention, then?

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#82143

On 2026-02-21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:38:38 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> On 2026-02-21 00:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>       # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
>>>>
>>>> Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
>>>>
>>>>>       ...
>>>>>       license='nonfree and unredistributable'
>>>
>>> I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...
>>
>> I told you how. It is distributed by another group outside of the
>> company, using a server in a country with friendly legislation.
>
> “Piracy-friendly” legislation? Not signatories to the Hague
> Convention, then?

You mean Berne?

-- 
Nuno Silva

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#82151

On 2026-02-21 02:44, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:38:38 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-02-21 00:21, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>        # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
>>>>
>>>> Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
>>>>
>>>>>        ...
>>>>>        license='nonfree and unredistributable'
>>>
>>> I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...
>>
>> I told you how. It is distributed by another group outside of the
>> company, using a server in a country with friendly legislation.
> 
> “Piracy-friendly” legislation? Not signatories to the Hague
> Convention, then?

Maybe not recognizing software patents.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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#82154

At Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:21:45 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:26:31 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> 
> > On 2026-02-20 05:40, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> >>
> >>      # ./configure --enable-gpl ...  --enable-nonfree ...
> > 
> > Both are present in the openSUSE rpm.
> > 
> >>      ...
> >>      license='nonfree and unredistributable'
> 
> I wonder how they can redistribute it, then ...

There's one way...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU

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#82099

On 2/18/26 20:07, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2026-02-18 22:07, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:32:33 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>
>>> If you want to try a different distro, openSUSE leap 15.6 has
>>> available several ffmpeg versions, so you can try which works.
>>
>> Prebuilt distributions of FFmpeg can never have all the options
>> available in the source enabled, for legal reasons. This is why, to
>> get the maximum capability, you have to build from source.
> 
> openSUSE doesn't build ffmpg inside openSUSE. It is built outside of the 
> project, and distributed outside of the project, so those limitations do 
> not apply.

   Actually, ffmpeg issues are one of the reasons
   I completely dumped OpenSUSE a few years ago.
   The other issue was them dropping a bunch of
   old/good CL utils that I was parsing to get
   useful data. "Depricated" is an EVIL word.

   I'm not gonna totally trash OpenSUSE ... it's
   generally a good system, more than good. But
   not everything works well all the time and THIS
   was something I needed to work Right Now,

   Anyway, put my app on another box. We'll see if
   it hangs there too. SHOULD NOT hang anywhere -
   it just does a 5 minute ffmpeg rtsp grab then
   falls through and systemd restarts the app. It's
   THE simplest version of the app I could put
   together. Prev versions ran ffmpeg as a separate
   process so stuff could be done while it was running.

   My GUESS, since the issues started after an update,
   is that one or more of the little utils that comprise
   the ffmpeg whole got screwed up. As many use ffmpeg
   it'll hopefully be found and fixed pretty soon, maybe.

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#82104

On 19/02/2026 05:16, c186282 wrote:
> "Depricated" is an EVIL word.

It sure is...:=)

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all government is basically a self-legalising protection racket, is 
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#82115

On 2026-02-19, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 19/02/2026 05:16, c186282 wrote:
>
>> "Depricated" is an EVIL word.
>
> It sure is...:=)

It's a two-edged sword.  I've marked a lot of my code
"deprecated" (which is the correct spelling, by the way),
in the hope of someday getting rid of a lot of cruft in
the design of the system.  But to the Evil Overlords,
it's a way of keeping their vict^H^H^H^Husers on the
treadmill of eternal "upgrades".

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\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  growth is the ideology
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/ \  if you read it the right way.  |    -- Edward Abbey

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