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Kernelb00t: /* FFmpeg build information */ Remove leftover title from previous change.

2025-08-01T13:18:30Z

FFmpeg build information: Remove leftover title from previous change.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:18, 1 August 2025
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	];		];
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	~~=== FFmpeg build information ===~~
	[[Category:Audio]]		[[Category:Audio]]
	[[Category:Video]]		[[Category:Video]]

Kernelb00t: Remove old build overrides (OpenGL), add Nvidia informations, clarify which options can be used to enable functionalities, give a list of disabled-per-default options as per the build informations.

2025-08-01T13:17:46Z

Remove old build overrides (OpenGL), add Nvidia informations, clarify which options can be used to enable functionalities, give a list of disabled-per-default options as per the build informations.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:17, 1 August 2025
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	=== More codecs ===		=== More codecs ===
	Adding more functionality to ~~ffmpeg~~ is possible, but it will require compiling on your local system.		Adding more functionality to FFmpeg is possible, but it will require compiling on your local system.

	~~The Fraunhofer~~ FDK AAC ~~audio codec is said to give superior compression~~ and ~~audio quality~~ to ~~other AAC codecs. To install~~		Enabling unfree dependencies allow use of Nvidia features, the FDK AAC decoder, and a lot more. Review build informations to check which flags are enabled by this option:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
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	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

	It is possible to add support for more than one feature at a time. ~~To add FDK AAC AND OpenGL rendering support~~		It is possible to add support for more than one feature at a time. Here are some options disabled by default:
	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">environment.systemPackages = [
	environment.systemPackages = [		(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override {
	(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = ~~true~~; ~~withOpengl~~ = ~~true~~; })		withUnfree = false; # Allow unfree dependencies (for Nvidia features notably)
	];		withMetal = false; # Use Metal API on Mac. Unfree and requires manual downloading of files
	</syntaxhighlight>		withMfx = false; # Hardware acceleration via the deprecated intel-media-sdk/libmfx. Use oneVPL instead (enabled by default) from Intel's oneAPI.
	~~Using the pattern shown in previous examples~~, ~~we can set~~ the ~~following options as true (enabled)~~:		withTensorflow = false; # Tensorflow dnn backend support (Increases closure size by ~390 MiB)
			withSmallBuild = false; # Prefer binary size to performance.
			withDebug = false; # Build using debug options
			})
			];</syntaxhighlight>For more options and overrides, check out the FFmpeg build informations :

			https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix

	~~<code>~~
	~~withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec~~
	~~withOpengl # OpenGL rendering support~~
	~~withRmtp # RMTP support~~
	~~withTensorflow # Tensorflow dnn backend support~~
	~~</code>~~
	=== Speeding up install ===		=== Speeding up install ===
	It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set doCheck to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.		It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set doCheck to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.
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	=== FFmpeg build information ===		=== FFmpeg build information ===
	~~https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix~~

	[[Category:Audio]]		[[Category:Audio]]
	[[Category:Video]]		[[Category:Video]]

Jat: Changed argument from withOpenGL to withOpengl due to error unexpected argument 'withOpenGL' ... Did you mean one of withOpenal, withOpencl or withOpengl?

2025-01-12T16:30:43Z

Changed argument from withOpenGL to withOpengl due to error unexpected argument 'withOpenGL' ... Did you mean one of withOpenal, withOpencl or withOpengl?

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:30, 12 January 2025
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	<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	environment.systemPackages = [		environment.systemPackages = [
	(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; ~~withOpenGL~~ = true; })		(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; withOpengl = true; })
	];		];
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
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	<code>		<code>
	withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec		withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec
	~~withOpenGL~~ # OpenGL rendering support		withOpengl # OpenGL rendering support
	withRmtp # RMTP support		withRmtp # RMTP support
	withTensorflow # Tensorflow dnn backend support		withTensorflow # Tensorflow dnn backend support

Klinger: Category:Audio Category:Video

2024-12-28T20:29:28Z

Category:Audio Category:Video

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:29, 28 December 2024
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	=== FFmpeg build information ===		=== FFmpeg build information ===
	https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix		https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix

			[[Category:Audio]]
			[[Category:Video]]

Unabomberlive: Code block fix

2024-08-17T13:41:53Z

Code block fix

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	Building FFmpeg with extra functionality. To install the maximum amount of functionality offered by Nix binary repositories, you may install ffmpeg like the following.		Building FFmpeg with extra functionality. To install the maximum amount of functionality offered by Nix binary repositories, you may install ffmpeg like the following.

			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	environment.systemPackages = [		environment.systemPackages = [
	pkgs.ffmpeg-full		pkgs.ffmpeg-full
	];		];
			</syntaxhighlight>

	=== More codecs ===		=== More codecs ===

	Adding more functionality to ffmpeg is possible, but it will require compiling on your local system.		Adding more functionality to ffmpeg is possible, but it will require compiling on your local system.

	The Fraunhofer FDK AAC audio codec is said to give superior compression and audio quality to other AAC codecs. To install		The Fraunhofer FDK AAC audio codec is said to give superior compression and audio quality to other AAC codecs. To install

	environment.systemPackages = [		<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; })		environment.systemPackages = [
	];		(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; })
			];
			</syntaxhighlight>

	It is possible to add support for more than one feature at a time. To add FDK AAC AND OpenGL rendering support		It is possible to add support for more than one feature at a time. To add FDK AAC AND OpenGL rendering support
			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	environment.systemPackages = [		environment.systemPackages = [
	(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; withOpenGL = true; })		(pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; withOpenGL = true; })
	];		];
			</syntaxhighlight>
	Using the pattern shown in previous examples, we can set the following options as true (enabled):		Using the pattern shown in previous examples, we can set the following options as true (enabled):

	withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec		<code>
	withOpenGL # OpenGL rendering support		withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec
	withRmtp # RMTP support		withOpenGL # OpenGL rendering support
	withTensorflow # Tensorflow dnn backend support		withRmtp # RMTP support
			withTensorflow # Tensorflow dnn backend support
			</code>
	=== Speeding up install ===		=== Speeding up install ===

	It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set doCheck to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.		It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set doCheck to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.
			<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">
	environment.systemPackages = [		environment.systemPackages = [
	((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))		((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))
	];		];
			</syntaxhighlight>

	=== FFmpeg build information ===		=== FFmpeg build information ===

	https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix		https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix

Hanzo at 16:10, 3 June 2024

2024-06-03T16:10:41Z

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	Building ~~Ffmpeg~~ with extra functionality. To install the maximum amount of functionality offered by Nix binary repositories, you may install ffmpeg like the following.		Building FFmpeg with extra functionality. To install the maximum amount of functionality offered by Nix binary repositories, you may install ffmpeg like the following.


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	];		];

	=== ~~Ffmpeg~~ build information ===		=== FFmpeg build information ===

	https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix		https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix

Hanzo: Hanzo moved page Ffmpeg to FFmpeg: Misspelled title

2024-06-03T16:09:43Z

Hanzo moved page Ffmpeg to FFmpeg: Misspelled title

← Older revision		Revision as of 16:09, 3 June 2024
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M3vtfbp at 22:24, 30 May 2024

2024-05-30T22:24:42Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:24, 30 May 2024
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	((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))		((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))
	];		];

			=== Ffmpeg build information ===

			https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/development/libraries/ffmpeg/generic.nix

M3vtfbp: /* Speeding up install */

2024-05-30T22:13:54Z

Speeding up install

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:13, 30 May 2024
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	=== Speeding up install ===		=== Speeding up install ===

	It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set ~~doChecks~~ to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.		It's possible to speed up the install. After compiling is finished, a series of generic checks are run. To skip these checks, we need to set doCheck to false. Here is an example of adding FDK AAC support, and skipping post build checks.

	environment.systemPackages = [		environment.systemPackages = [
	((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))		((pkgs.ffmpeg-full.override { withUnfree = true; }).overrideAttrs (_: { doCheck = false; }))
	];		];

M3vtfbp: /* More codecs */

2024-05-30T22:10:11Z

More codecs

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:10, 30 May 2024
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	];		];

	Using the pattern shown in previous examples, ~~it is possible options to~~ set the following options as true (enabled):		Using the pattern shown in previous examples, we can set the following options as true (enabled):

	withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec		withUnfree # Currently only FDK AAC Codec