Bug 1533 - Enable FFmpeg 7 and 8 in FFMPEGMediaPlayer, drop version 4 and 5
Summary: Enable FFmpeg 7 and 8 in FFMPEGMediaPlayer, drop version 4 and 5
Status: IN_PROGRESS
Alias: None
Product: Jogl
Classification: JogAmp
Component: video (show other bugs)
Version: 2.7.0
Hardware: All all
: P4 normal
Assignee: Sven Gothel
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Reported: 2025-12-17 01:21 CET by Sven Gothel
Modified: 2025-12-17 01:25 CET (History)
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Description Sven Gothel 2025-12-17 01:21:11 CET 
On Debian 13 (and similarly Ubuntu/ArchLinux/..), FFmpeg 7 is being installed.
Further, current FFmpeg developer version is 8.

FFmpeg versions 4 and 5 are no more used in contemporary distributions,
hence we can also remove these to save footprint.