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ffpyplayer build fails with ffmpeg 8.0.1 (from develop) #3344
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I am building ffpyplayer (version: v4.5.1) and I see that the ffmpeg version got upgraded to 8.0.1 and it throws below error.
Error:
/home/somnath/codes/git/my-org/image-to-animation-offline/kivy/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a/build/other_builds/ffpyplayer-openssl/arm64-v8a__ndk_target_28/ffpyplayer/ffpyplayer/pic.c:773:10: fatal error: 'libavcodec/avfft.h' file not found
773 | #include "libavcodec/avfft.h"
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
error: command '/usr/bin/ccache' failed with exit code 1
ERROR Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke build_wheel
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Noor-Kalibbala commentedon Nov 10, 2026
A workaround that works for us until ffpyplayer builds against FFmpeg 8. Put two recipes in a local folder and point
p4a.local_recipesat it:ffmpeg: the recipe as it was before e564e44 (FFmpegn6.1.2), with itspatches/configure.patch.ffpyplayer: the current recipe withversion = 'v4.5.4'. v4.5.1 doesn't compile for Python 3.14.With these, ffpyplayer builds and video plays in a Kivy
Videowidget. Tested with an x86_64 build on an Android 17 emulator, python-for-android 2026.05.09, NDK r28c.The root cause is in ffpyplayer:
includes/ffmpeg.pxideclares theav_rdft_*functions fromlibavcodec/avfft.h, which FFmpeg 8 removed. Reported at matham/ffpyplayer#204. Also see #3409.jafadmin commentedon Nov 10, 2026
@ Noor-Kalibbala
Thank you very much for this work-around. It worked beautifully building for arm64-v8a on an android tablet.
I had made another post about it and will mark it as a workable temporary solution in that post.