Ubuntu
ffmpeg package

  1. Bug #1546078
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 1546078

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Carl Eugen Hoyos (cehoyos) wrote : Re: [Bug 1546078] [NEW] ffmpeg outdated: please upgrade to 3.0

On Tue, 16 Feb 2016, Hadmut Danisch wrote:

> Please upgrade ffmpeg to version 3.0. Lots of fixes and new filters and
> formats. Means: Better for an LTS version.

I completely agree (and FFmpeg developers would of course welcome this)
but it is unfortunately impossible / unlikely:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803868

There is no vlc release that works with FFmpeg 3.0 (and I am sure you want
vlc in Ubuntu).

Carl Eugen