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On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie
  after so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6
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On 3/3/26 13:51, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

   And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie
   after so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

I'm attempting a Fedora install - same libs - VM
within Trixie. It runs, but the networking scheme
in KVM frustrates more than just me. VBox is better
at that, easily finds/uses a bridge, but it does
not run correctly in Trixie (yet).

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On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:51:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie after
  so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

That's beyond mature. EOL is next month.
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On 3/3/26 22:02, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:51:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie after
  so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

That's beyond mature. EOL is next month.

Um, yea, a bit old and wrinkly - and with
that funny vitamin smell :-)

But, no doubt, it served well.

HOPING that the latest Fedora VM will solve
my ffmpeg problem - IF I can get it to
attach to my local subnet ... working
on it. DID order some USB WiFi dongles.
A day or two and I'll have something to
report. It MAY be that easy.

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On 2026-03-04 04:02, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:51:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie after
  so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

That's beyond mature. EOL is next month.

So what? I do not intend to update it till 16.1. Maybe.
It is not going to disappear from the servers.

Wasn't the problem in a machine that captures and writes camera streams
using ffmpeg? Why do you need to keep it updated? Even more if it is a
virtual machine.
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 00:09:14 -0500, c186282 wrote:

HOPING that the latest Fedora VM will solve my ffmpeg problem - IF I
can get it to attach to my local subnet ... working on it. DID order
some USB WiFi dongles.
A day or two and I'll have something to report. It MAY be that easy.

Hmmm. I've got a Panda dongle that I use to get around the Broadcom
problem on the netbook. I assume the MAC address is determined by the wifi module or NIC so the wireless router will see a different MAC and assign
an IP like it does for the TV, Kindles, etc. Now, how to get the VM, or actually the virtualization layer, to see it.

That could get interesting. I had to deal with one site that had a dual-
homed server with both NICs on the same subnet. There are valid reasons to
do that but in this case it was a complete FUBAR.
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:20:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-04 04:02, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:51:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie
  after so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

That's beyond mature. EOL is next month.

So what? I do not intend to update it till 16.1. Maybe.
It is not going to disappear from the servers.

No problemo. I ran 13.2 way beyond its EOL. You do get to the point where stuff stops working and then it's time to move on. In my case I moved on
to Fedora to see what it was about.
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On 2026-03-04 20:20, rbowman wrote:

On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 13:20:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-04 04:02, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 3 Mar 2026 19:51:43 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-03-02 09:58, c186282 wrote:

  And no, ffmpeg STILL crashes or hangs on Mint, MX and Trixie
  after so many startups. Can NOT find any reason.

openSUSE has ffmepg in several versions, from 4 to 8. At least if you
use the mature Leap 15.6

That's beyond mature. EOL is next month.

So what? I do not intend to update it till 16.1. Maybe.
It is not going to disappear from the servers.

No problemo. I ran 13.2 way beyond its EOL. You do get to the point where stuff stops working and then it's time to move on. In my case I moved on
to Fedora to see what it was about.

The problem I foresee is some site saying FFx is too old.
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Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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