ffmpeg situation

[sdauth]

Hello,
Do you know which version of ffmpeg is going to be stabilized ?
I really need the version bump for some packages. handbrake for example.
The reason I'm asking is I'd like to upgrade early but I don't want to rebuild again if for some reason ffmpeg6 is stabilized instead of ffmpeg5.

For those already using it (5 or 6), do you experience any issue with it ?

[CaptainBlood]

Considering cherry-picked binary packaging prior to upgrade to lower the burden of a fallback...

Thks 4 ur attention, interest & support.
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[Anon-E-moose]

FF 6's main claim seems to be the addition of using av1 hardware when available.

But here's something to peruse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34965535

I'm still using version 4 myself, haven't felt the need to upgrade ... yet.
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[stefan11111]

I use media-video/ffmpeg-6.0-r6, as it's the latest on ~amd64.
Haven't encountered any problems so far.
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[sdauth]

Well, there isn't much to rebuild, it doesn't look too painful. so I'll give a try to ffmpeg6 then. According to sam on bug tracker, ffmpeg6 should be stabilized *crossing fingers*

It seems kodi wants ffmpeg6, even with live ebuild. So since I rarely use it anyway, I unmerged it.
Also needed to keyword new chromaprint, no big deal.

[Ionen]

I'd kinda want to see ffmpeg5 skipped at this point. Packages with issues tend to be bad with both 5 and 6 anyway (due to using deprecated and now removed functionality, not because 5-6 are broken), so 5 helps little.

...but ffmpeg5 is technically an LTS branch, and may be better fitting for stable.

That aside I've been using 6.0 for a while now, I wouldn't expect notable issues. Not that I've been looking at it all that closely (I don't maintain it). If had to pick I'd want a stable 6.1 just because I don't stabling .0 versions, but it's sure taking longer than I thought to release.

[sdauth]