[packman] Status of package MPlayer - is it dead already?

[Masaru Nomiya]

Hello,

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  Subject    : [packman] Status of package MPlayer - is it dead already?
  Message-ID : <amt0v4g34OVm3GI- at saturn.hollstein.homelinux.org>
  Date & Time: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:58:55 +0200

[MH] == Manfred Hollstein <manfred.h at gmx.net> has written:

MH>  Hi there,

MH>  MPlayer cannot be built on Tumbleweed since quite some time. One reason
MH>  is that it still needs ffmpeg-6 which in turn needs libSvtAv1Enc3 which
MH>  no longer exists in TW.

MH>  I took some time today and re-created the old SVT-AV1-3.0.1 based
MH>  package as a new package A_tw-SVT-AV1 in Essentials; ffmpeg-6 then
MH>  needed to restrict the build time requirement for libSvtAv1Enc to ignore
MH>  versions >= 4. This resulted in a new build of MPlayer an hour ago.

MH>  But, to be honest, MPlayer is a dead horse, isn't it? It hasn't seen a
MH>  new release since over 4 years. Shouldn't we disable it for Tumbleweed
MH>  at least? As long as it still builds for Leap, it can remain enabled for
MH>  them, but the stunts I did with the libSvtAv1Enc3 and ffmpeg-6 fixes are
MH>  overkill, aren't they?

MH>  What do others think? Should the stuff kept around and MPlayer gets
MH>  deactivated after the next build failure, or should I disable it right
MH>  away on Tumbleweed?

I build the MPlayer svn head almost every day.

  MPlayer 1.5.r38685-16 (C) 2000-2026 MPlayer Team

However, since MPlayer development has stalled since February 2022, it
is now recommended to use mpv instead.

It's true that mpv is more feature-rich and comes in handy.

Bets Regards.

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