[jaunty] libavcodec-unstripped-52 does not appear to support libx264 codec

[Paul Gevers]

Binary package hint: ffmpeg

Testing in jaunty I am not able to use the libx264 codec of ffmpeg (via libavcodec-unstripped-52), which did work in intrepid.

# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04

# apt-cache policy libavcodec-unstripped-52
libavcodec-unstripped-52:
  Installed: 3:0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1+unstripped1
  Candidate: 3:0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1+unstripped1
  Version table:
 *** 3:0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1+unstripped1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

# /usr/bin/ffmpeg -i <snip>.avi -vcodec libx264 test.mpg
FFmpeg version UNKNOWN-svn15824+3:0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --extra-version=svn15824+3:0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-stripping --disable-vhook--enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil 49.12. 0 / 49.12. 0
  libavcodec 52. 3. 0 / 52. 3. 0
  libavformat 52.23. 1 / 52.23. 1
  libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
  libavfilter 0. 1. 0 / 0. 1. 0
  libswscale 0. 6. 1 / 0. 6. 1
  libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
  built on Nov 15 2008 19:10:01, gcc: 4.3.3 20081112 (prerelease)
Input #0, avi, from '<snip>.avi':
  Duration: 00:00:39.05, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 326 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 640x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 25.00 tb(r)
    Stream #0.1: Audio: mp2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s
Unknown encoder 'libx264'

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

It doesn't seem to be enabled (by looking at the build log[*]):
libx264 enabled no

[*] http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19676647/buildlog_ubuntu-jaunty-i386.ffmpeg_3%3A0.svn20081115-1ubuntu1%2Bunstripped1_FULLYBUILT.txt.gz

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

the x264 package in jaunty was too old, ffmpeg wouldn't build against it when I uploaded ffmpeg the last time.

this means x264 needs to be uploaded first before x264 support can be enabled again.

[Guillaume Desmottes (cassidy)]

Got that problem on Intrepid too. Rebuilding the package with "confflags += --enable-libx264" in debian/confflags fixed the issue.

[Laurent Bigonville (bigon)]

if nobody have objection I will do an upload tonight

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

> if nobody have objection I will do an upload tonight

I thought (see comment 2 [1]) that x264 first needed to be updated,
which is not the case yet [2].

[1] /ubuntu/+source/ffmpeg/+bug/303537/comments/2
[2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/x264

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

Paul Gevers <email address hidden> writes:

>> if nobody have objection I will do an upload tonight
>
> I thought (see comment 2 [1]) that x264 first needed to be updated,
> which is not the case yet [2].

IIRC the package FTBFS for me at that time. Else I would have enabled
x264 earlier. I disabled x264 deliberatly so that other packages had
more time to be fixed for the API changes.

btw, the ffmpeg packaging has moved to git.debian.org. I've also
imported the ubuntu uploads, so patches for that branch would be very
appreciated.

--
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4

[Guillaume Desmottes (cassidy)]

As said, I did build the package with x264 support on my Intrepid, so I guess the problem is fixed.

[Paul Gevers (paul-climbing)]

Bug 243451 is said to be fixed (the packages are built for all architectures except ia64). That means that a new version of x264 is available now in Jaunty. Maybe that helps with this bug?

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

Paul Gevers <email address hidden> writes:

> Bug 243451 is said to be fixed (the packages are built for all
> architectures except ia64). That means that a new version of x264 is
> available now in Jaunty. Maybe that helps with this bug?

the binaries are not available in the archive yet. A new upload of
ffmpeg is necessary anyway to build against the new x264.

--
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ffmpeg - 3:0.svn20090119-1ubuntu1+unstripped1

---------------
ffmpeg (3:0.svn20090119-1ubuntu1+unstripped1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * merge with the ubuntu.jaunty branch
  * reenable x264 LP: #303537
  * build against vdpau
  * enable xvmc support

ffmpeg-debian (3:0.svn20090119-1ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * merge from debian. LP: #318501
  * new version fixes CVE-2008-3230, LP: #253767

 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:51:19 +0100