FFmpeg 5 or 6 for melco

[Flyersteve67]

After achieving working BBC radio streaming my NAS I know I need FFmpeg 5 or 6 (I use 6 on the NAS). 4 will not decode the BBC Radio feed.

The MinimStreamer instructions for FFmpeg installation on the melco via packages only refer to version 4. Can FFmpeg versions 5 or 6 be installed on the melco for use by minimstreamer?

[simoncn]

The issue with the Synology DSM version of FFmpeg not being able to transcode BBC radio streams is not caused by any differences between FFmpeg 4, 5 and 6. It is caused by Synology installing a deliberately crippled version of FFmpeg 4 as part of Synology DSM.

The FFmpeg 4 executable that MinimServer uses on Melco is not crippled in this way. It fully supports all features of MinimServer including all transcoding combinations. There are no changes in FFmpeg 5 or 6 that affect or improve the functionality or performance of MinimServer on Melco (or any other platform). Because of this, there is no option to install FFmpeg 5 or 6 on Melco.

[Flyersteve67]

ah, so FFmpeg 4 can transcode AAC directly?

[simoncn]

Yes, except for the crippled versions included in Synology DSM and some releases of QNAP QTS.

[lyapounov]

Simon,

I am using the ffmpeg version from synocommunity

https://synocommunity.com/package/ffmpeg5 (they have also 4 and 7)

Is this the "crippled" one ?

[simoncn]

All the SynoCommunity versions of FFmpeg are fine. The only crippled version is the version that Synology includes as part of DSM.