Update PKGBUILD to require specifically ffmpeg4.4 to fix video playback #22

DKMellow commented 2025年10月06日 21:37:18 +02:00

When installing firefox from the official Arch repos ffmpeg4.4 is the actual dependency needed by firefox in order to be able to play H264/HEVC/AAC encoded videos, installing the latest version of ffmpeg instead will just break video playback leading to MIME format errors.

Resources:

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/firefox/

When installing firefox from the official Arch repos ffmpeg4.4 is the actual dependency needed by firefox in order to be able to play H264/HEVC/AAC encoded videos, installing the latest version of ffmpeg instead will just break video playback leading to MIME format errors. Resources: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/firefox/

marbens commented 2025年10月07日 02:59:41 +02:00

You have only edited PKGBUILD. AUR/librewolf/PKGBUILD and AUR/librewolf-bin/PKGBUILD have the same problem. Could you update those too?

You have only edited `PKGBUILD`. `AUR/librewolf/PKGBUILD` and `AUR/librewolf-bin/PKGBUILD` have the same problem. Could you update those too?

ohfp commented 2025年10月07日 09:01:30 +02:00

Thanks for the PR! I'll merge it and also take care of the other files and versioning, dw :)

Thanks for the PR! I'll merge it and also take care of the other files and versioning, dw :)

DKMellow commented 2025年10月07日 12:59:45 +02:00

Thank you for the fast merge! I ran into the same issue before lone cloud did in his comment on the AUR and I took his suggestion to open a pull request on codeberg.

Thank you for the fast merge! I ran into the same issue before lone cloud did in his comment on the AUR and I took his suggestion to open a pull request on codeberg.

DKMellow commented 2025年12月18日 13:41:32 +01:00

Update: Firefox 146 now supports the latest FFmpeg on Linux, as confirmed by the official Arch Linux Firefox package:

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/firefox/

Given this upstream change, the previously required PKGBUILD modifications are no longer necessary and can be safely reverted for now.

Update: Firefox 146 now supports the latest FFmpeg on Linux, as confirmed by the official Arch Linux Firefox package: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/firefox/ Given this upstream change, the previously required PKGBUILD modifications are no longer necessary and can be safely reverted for now.