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Re: multimedia/ffmpeg2 and https:// support (gnutls option)



> Hello tech-pkg@,
> the attached patch add a "gnutls" option to ffmpeg2 (*not* enabled by
> default).
> 
> This is particular useful with multimedia/mpv with "lua" option that is
> able to play video invoking net/youtube-dl... These days it seems that
> at least YouTube URLs are all https:// (and so playable only if ffmpeg2
> supports https://). Probably there are also other possible useful
> use-cases that I am not aware. :)
> 
> I added a "gnutls" and not an "ssl" option (and so one that uses
> security/openssl instead of security/gnutls) because in that case during
> the configure phase ffmpeg2 complains regarding licensing issues (this
> can be ignored if and only if "--enable-nonfree" it is provided).
> 
> 
> Thank you for your attention!
> Ciao,
> L.

I added 'gnutls' and 'openssl' options to ffmpeg2. If either is on, https protocol should be added by default.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Kind regards,
Adam



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