Build process for generating these binaries

[jayvdb]

It would be useful to have scripts included here to regenerate these binaries.

That would allow other people to see what is needed to build there own compatible libraries, and also allow auditing that these generated binaries are reproducible , ensuring they are accurate builds without any injected code.

[almarklein]

The binary libs and executables in this repo are copies of the binaries "official" binaries obtained via the projects webpages (e.g. https://www.ffmpeg.org).

[jayvdb]

ok, so shouldnt be too hard to write a script which matches that process, and theoretically identifies when a new version can be added here.

[almarklein]

I guess that should be possible. Though I don't think that it's that important to always have the latest version of these binaries.

[jayvdb]

True but new versions can also include new architectures. e.g. I notice that the ffmpeg only has 64bit here for the latest version, but there are i686 builds at https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ (which is linked to from https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-linux ) There are also mac builds available for latest ffmpeg. And the old ffmpeg is very very old and not terribly useful these days.

[almarklein]

A case for not having the latest version is that they may require newer versions of the OS (e.g. build against later versions of glibc).