Yay -S aur/ffmpeg-git , choose codecs configuration

alaindevos · August 19, 2020, 4:36pm

ffmpeg has a lot of dependencies.
Can you choose which codecs you want to compile in or not ?
E.g.
ffmeg.config = “I want these codecs”
or a curses window which allow to choose ?
Cfr. gentoo “use flags” or freebsd “make config”.

[I had a wrong title i meaned aur ]

Kresimir · August 19, 2020, 4:51pm

The optional dependencies of ffmpeg are:

avisynthplus: AviSynthPlus support
intel-media-sdk: Intel QuickSync support
ladspa: LADSPA filters
nvidia-utils: Nvidia NVDEC/NVENC support

You can choose to install these manually, if you need those features. All other dependencies are not optional and will be automatically installed when you install ffmpeg.

Since ffmpeg is in the repos, you do not compile it when you install it, your package manager (pacman) downloads a binary package which was built by the Arch devs.

EDIT: since the question of this topic has been edited by the OP, this answer is no longer applicable. At first it was a question about the ffmpeg in the repos, now it is about ffmpeg-git, from the AUR. I’m out of here, before I waste any more time answering a question which may be sneakily changed again.

jonathon · August 19, 2020, 4:55pm

Yes.

github.com

archlinux/svntogit-packages/blob/8d4c913fdf7b7753e6631848d1547f882120c790/trunk/PKGBUILD#L118


      
          
          prepare() {
            cd ffmpeg
          
            patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}"/vmaf-model-path.patch
          }
          
          build() {
            cd ffmpeg
          
            ./configure \
              --prefix=/usr \
              --disable-debug \
              --disable-static \
              --disable-stripping \
              --enable-avisynth \
              --enable-fontconfig \
              --enable-gmp \
              --enable-gnutls \
              --enable-gpl \
              --enable-ladspa \

Just disable or enable whichever codecs you want to compile (keeping in mind you may alter the library dependencies when doing so).

alaindevos · August 19, 2020, 5:07pm

Here is the pkgbuild file.
https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=ffmpeg-git
What is the easy-ist way to proceed ?
Is it git clone …
cd directory …
Edit PKGBUILD configure section , enable,disable
And run
updpkgsums
makepkg -scCi
or
makepkg -csri
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository
?
There is no AUR helper to simplify ?

dalto · August 19, 2020, 5:17pm

If you pass the --editmenu option to yay it will give you the ability to edit the PKGBUILD inline

Alternatively, you could save into the config and you would always have that option. Personally, I have the diffmenu on all the time and only turn the editmenu on when I need it.

alaindevos · August 19, 2020, 5:24pm

I see,
yay -S --cleanmenu --diffmenu --editmenu --upgrademenu aur/ffmpeg-git
Gives me all the options I need.