From d710cc6d3660b7bb79cbbefe1f0faec6726b020c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pukkandan Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 02:44:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] [docs] Add note about our custom ffmpeg builds --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 510770a14c..bbcc183d8a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ While all the other dependancies are optional, `ffmpeg` and `ffprobe` are highly To use or redistribute the dependencies, you must agree to their respective licensing terms. -Note that the windows releases are already built with the python interpreter, mutagen, pycryptodome and websockets included. +The windows releases are already built with the python interpreter, mutagen, pycryptodome and websockets included. + +**Note**: There are some regressions in newer ffmpeg versions that causes various issues when used alongside yt-dlp. Since ffmpeg is such an important dependancy, we provide [custom builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds/wiki/Latest#latest-autobuilds) with patches for these issues at [yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds). See [the readme](https://github.com/yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds#patches-applied) for details on the specifc issues solved by these builds + ### COMPILE