Re: Updated FFmpeg support

I’ll take a look Peter.  Sounds rather strange though.

 

And yes, if you upgrade to any version newer than the previous one, older Audacity versions will not recognize it.

 

From: Peter Sampson <[email protected]> 
Sent: Thursday, May 6, 2021 10:02 AM
To: Devel <[email protected]>; Peter Sampson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] Updated FFmpeg support

 

Ok so now when I test on W10 with Audacity 3.0.3 29a657b

 

1) I can no longer Import AAC or Opus files - I get an error message

 

2) I can't export Opus or AAC

2.1) Opus gives not one but two error messages

2.2) AAC export crashes Audacity

 

Now I'm just a "simple-minded, dumb user" (for the purposes of this test) and of course 

I have only updated my app to 3.0.3 29a657b - and of course I haven't (yet) upgraded 

my FFmpeg library to. the latest spiffy version.

 

BUT Audacity should NOT crash when trying to export AAC (step 2.1)

 

An Error message about the wrong FFmpeg would be MUCH more helpful not just for the AAC but for the 

Opus export where the messages are over-techy for the average user and don't tell the#m what is going on.

 

The failed import messages are not helpful either - telling the user to try importing Raw Data - when they

should be told they've got the wrong FFmpeg.

 

Since I won't be the only user who upgrades to 3.0.3 with the FFmpeg upgrade and who fails to also

upgrade their FFMpeg library (I still don't know how to do that - where to get it from) I'm thinking the 

crash warrants a P1 bug to be logged on Bugzilla.

 

 

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A related question for you Leland:

 

If and when I do upgrade my FFmpeg so that 3.0.3 29a657b (and later work with FFmpeg),

will that stop my earlier versions of Audacity stop working with FFmpeg ?

 

 

Peter.

 

 

 

 

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 4:56 PM Leland <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Done.

 

From: Dmitry Vedenko <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 
Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 6:15 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 
Cc: Leland Lucius <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >
Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] Updated FFmpeg support

 

Leland, can you please merge it in then?

 

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 1:18 PM Steve Fiddle <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

On the forum we receive frequent requests for. more recent versions of FFmpeg, so I expect this will be a very welcome enhancement for users.

 

Steve

 

 

On Wed, 5 May 2021 at 09:17, Peter Sampson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

 

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 9:10 AM Leland Lucius <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Yepper

 

Thanks for the heads-up Leland. 

 

In which case I have no objections to the upgrade.

 

Peter.

 

 

 

On Wed, May 5, 2021, 2:16 AM Peter Sampson <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

 

 

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 2:21 AM Leland <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:

Any objections to committing pull #741:

 

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/741

 

Will this update facilitate the use of Opus on Mac, Leland ?

 

Peter.

 

 

 

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