Bug 474859 - ffmpeg is missing from release candidate android build
Summary: ffmpeg is missing from release candidate android build
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: Usability (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.2.0-rc1
Platform: Other Android 12.x
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Krita Bugs
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Reported: 2023-09-25 14:41 UTC by Raghavendra kamath
Modified: 2023-09-25 14:59 UTC (History)
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Description Raghavendra kamath 2023-09-25 14:41:47 UTC 
SUMMARY
Users noted that Release candidate version on android is missing ffmpeg. Since built in ffmpeg was one of the highlights of this release, user are dismayed with this issue.

here is a post from one such user - https://krita-artists.org/t/krita-5-2-release-candidate-is-out-please-help-us-in-another-round-of-testing/74137/9


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open release candidate on android
2. try to export timelapse or animation


OBSERVED RESULT
ffmpeg is missing

Android 13 on a Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra.
Comment 1 Dmitry Kazakov 2023-09-25 14:56:10 UTC 
The work is being done atm, but not finished: 
https://invent.kde.org/szaman/krita/-/commits/ffmpeg-on-android?ref_type=heads
Comment 2 Dmitry Kazakov 2023-09-25 14:59:05 UTC 
The plan is so convert ffmpeg's binary into .so library, so we could call it's `main` function from Krita without fork/execv, which is impossible on Android