#ffplayout — Public Fediverse posts

1. Correct. I didn't tag you.

We're not based in the same Fediverse instance, so I didn't know if a tag would work or not. However, I gather that even an unqualified remote tag [omitting the instance specifier] does work once some initial conditions are met.

2. The following is unrelated, but I'm reminded to comment:

Subject: #ffplayout and FFplayoutX

You've expressed interest in "ffplayout", a #FOSS #multimedia project that was abandoned last week.

I see that two people have updated their existing forks of "ffplayout" in the same period. FFplayoutX, in particular, may be of interest. If you haven't looked at that fork yet, the link is:

https://github.com/emdiple/FFplayoutX

See the attached screenshot as well. The screenshot shows a copy of "ffplayout" that I built a few minutes ago running in my distro, Laclin. There were no build difficulties and the program at least starts up.

If work on FFplayoutX doesn't continue, I'll probably at least keep "ffplayout" in build-able shape. I do that for quite a few packages. [My distro is 30 years old.]

Technical notes:

"ffplayout" is written in #Rust. I was reluctant for years to include the language in my distro because neither the Rust compiler nor Rust programs could be built offline. This meant that reliable and repeatable builds weren't possible. However, my distro is now able to build most Rust programs offline. So, I've added a number of Rust programs.

The copy of "ffplayout" shown in the screenshot is the latest "git" version running on a decade-old laptop. The Linux distro used [my own] is light enough that old hardware works fine for most purposes. The kernel, as shown in the screenshot, is a copy of 6.12.17 that was built a few days ago.

The web browser is Albus Luna. It exists to provide a FOSS version of a popular alternative browser that isn't really FOSS. I hope to release a significant update this month.