FFmpeg Max Stack

This repo is part of a personal hobby-project collection. It is shared because it works for my setup, but there is no promise of regular maintenance, fast support, or long-term compatibility updates.

Purpose: preserve the source-of-truth build scaffolding for my local "kitchen sink" FFmpeg stack on Fedora without publishing the resulting nonfree binaries.

What This Repo Contains

• The main rebuild script for the self-contained custom prefix under /opt/ffmpeg-master-custom
• Helper scripts for tarball/source workflows
• The RPM spec used when packaging the custom prefix mattered
• The verified March 25, 2026 feature baseline
• The adjacent mpv/VLC integration scripts and notes that expect this FFmpeg prefix
• A clean source-only layout that can be cloned onto a fresh machine and used to recreate the stack

What This Repo Does Not Contain

• The built FFmpeg binaries under /opt/ffmpeg-master-custom
• Built RPMs or release payloads
• Local build logs and caches
• Any signing material or private infrastructure

Current Known-Good Baseline

• Baseline snapshot: docs/baselines/2026-03-25
• Live build version at capture time: git-2026-03-25-238df21
• Verified highlights:
  • --enable-nonfree
  • --enable-vapoursynth
  • --enable-whisper
  • --enable-amf
  • whisper
  • vpp_amf
  • sr_amf
  • vsrc_amf

Layout

• rebuild_local_max_ffmpeg.sh: main host rebuild flow
• packaging/: RPM spec and packaging-related notes
• docs/baselines/: saved FFmpeg capability snapshots
• integrations/max-stack/: mpv/VLC scripts and notes that target this FFmpeg prefix
• upstream/: empty by design; intended checkout root for upstream source trees on a fresh rebuild

Fresh Rebuild Model

The goal of this repo is not to store the built stack. The goal is to preserve enough scaffolding that I can:

1. clone this repo
2. clone the required upstream repos
3. run the documented rebuild scripts
4. get back to the known-good stack without guessing

Start here on a fresh machine:

• read REPRODUCIBILITY.md
• read UPSTREAMS.md
• restore the upstream source checkouts
• run rebuild_local_max_ffmpeg.sh
• then use integrations/max-stack for the mpv/VLC side

Notes

• The source/build recipe is publishable. The resulting binary may not be redistributable depending on the enabled libraries and flags.
• If you want a cleaner public/shareable build, split that from the maximal personal build instead of trying to make one profile do both.