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Meanwhile, the default ffmpeg is at version 4.4.4 [1] on MacPorts. There's ffmpeg6, which is at version 6.1.1. [2]

[1]: https://ports.macports.org/port/ffmpeg/

[2]: https://ports.macports.org/port/ffmpeg6/

I was curious if it was just some kind of horrific backlog but there didn't seem to be an oppressive number of PRs open, although it seems the new submissions drag their feet quite a bit https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pulls?q=is%3Apr+i...

Also, it seems there is currently one in progress to drop the "6" qualifier on the ffmpeg binaries <https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/23315/files> so it'll be fascinating to see if any new ffmpeg7 then subsequently puts the "7" back, beginning the cycle again

ffmpeg updates their API very liberally, even in minor version bumps. Combine that with many packages depending on ffmpeg doesn't make it very easy to always have the latest ffmpeg version. They are working on it though: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/65623

(I'm not a MacPorts maintainer, but I've been burnt by ffmpeg API changes a couple times myself before).

API users shouldn't pay attention to the ffmpeg version but those of the libraries. API and ABI breaks only happen at major version bumps of those.

Same for Homebrew. I just updated it and yes, there was an update for ffmpeg, but it only updated it to 6.1.1_7

6.1.1 is the latest build from the 6.1 release channel, which was the latest up until about 4 or 5 hours ago when a new major release was cut.

Not at all the same as running a 4.x release.

I have an auto-updated tap for the ffmpeg binaries from https://www.osxexperts.net, feel free to

  brew tap bsiegel/tap

I got frustrated having to install all of the runtime dependencies and just wanted an easy way to install the statically-linked version, so here it is.

Static builds of nightlies and releases are available

https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/

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