MinimStreamer package not present in options box in MinimWatch

[streamer99]

(19-11-2021 18:39)simoncn Wrote:  The default DSM version of ffmpeg requires root privilege to decode aac and mp4/m4a files and streams. Before DSM 7, MinimServer ran with root privilege and was able to launch ffmpeg with root privilege. On DSM 7, MinimServer cannot run with root privilege and therefore cannot launch ffmpeg with root privilege.

The johnvansickle version of ffmpeg doesn't need root privilege to decode aac files and streams and the latest SynoCommunity ffmpeg package for DSM 7 (4.3.3) also doesn't need root privilege for this. I confirmed the latter by downloading and installing the SynoCommunity ffmpeg 4.3.3 package and putting this path in stream.converter:

/var/packages/ffmpeg/target/bin/ffmpeg

I will put some notes in appropriate places to alert users to this unfortunate limitation when using DSM 7.