coolzxp / ffmpeg-builds

FFmpeg Builds for yt-dlp

FFmpeg Static Auto-Builds

This repository provides static Windows (x86 and x86_64) and Linux (x86_64, arm64) Builds of FFmpeg master and latest release branch with some patches necessary for smooth integration with yt-dlp

Note: The builds provided are only meant to be used with yt-dlp and any unrelated issues/patches will be rejected

Downloads

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Patches Welcome

Known issues for which patches are welcome:

1. More Builds

There are currently no MacOS builds. If you know how to add them to the workflow, make a PR

2. Removing a segment before the first subtitle

yt-dlp#2753, FFmpeg#9646

Patches Applied

These patches have been applied to the builds:

1. Decoding non-standard HEVC in FLV containers

HEVC inside FLV has been standardized by @Veovera, implemented by @T-bagwell and merged to FFmpeg master in aa83654 and ac5cc66.

Chinese sites seem to continue using an old non-standard way to deliver HEVC in FLV containers. These builds of FFmpeg support the decoding of such files.

Releases older than 6.1 also supported the encoding of such non-standard files. The implementation was assembled from patches by @xiaoxial, @runner365, and Matthieu Patou. See this comment for details.

Fixes yt-dlp#5874, FFmpeg#6389.

Historical Patches

Patches that were used in the past but are no longer needed as of 7.0:

1. Fix AAC HLS streams being truncated mid stream

by @shirt and @jeeb, merged in c205778. Fixes yt-dlp#618, yt-dlp#998, yt-dlp#1039, FFmpeg#9433

2. Fix for YouTube's VP9 encodes with non-monotonous DTS

by @danny-wu, merged in 68595b4 Fixes yt-dlp#871, youtube-dl#28042, FFmpeg#9086

3. Long path support for Windows

by @nihil-admirari. Fixes yt-dlp#1995, yt-dlp#1273, FFmpeg#8885.

This patch has been substantially reworked by FFmpeg devs @softworkz and @mstorsjo, and merged in a series of commits: 3fb9244 4cdc14a 6076dbc f579a1d 6b32ad5 c5aba39 bc8f1bb 5d5a014 3b3c567 fee765c cc5844d dfa062e 13350e8 c381f54 69364a0

4. Chapter embedding regression

by @bashonly. Fixes FFmpeg#10482

Fixed upstream by @mkver; merged in 02064ba.

5. WebVTT decoding fix

by @tpikonen. Fixes yt-dlp#4127, FFmpeg#8684

Fixed upstream by @ztion; merged in 51d303e.

Credits

• @BtbN for the original workflow
• @nihil-admirari for creating and maintaining this repo

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PS: The commits are unsigned because of the periodic automatic rebase