Drop support for FFmpeg < 4.2 #72
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Ignore the CI failure on macOS FFmpeg 7, it already updated to 7.1 which is not supported yet. I'd like to do some refactoring before introducing 7.1 compatibility, so we can do one big release if you don't mind. |
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Check https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#releases and https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Downstreams to see the FFmpeg versions that are considered supported or EOL.
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Addresses #21.
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We can probably ignore Windows and macOS as they have easy ways to get the latest version within days or weeks of release.
I think even a minimum of 4.2 is quite conservative. The only distributions that don't have access to an FFmpeg version >= 4.2 are..
Blockers for further increases in minimum version:
The biggest improvement in terms of dropping cruft would be 5.0, but that doesn't seem feasible unless compatibility is a lesser concern.