Post Aw2ZeyD3s36Tqt9YAa by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
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(DIR) Post #Aw2XlksDeXVWbqVnGq by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T00:12:19Z
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I have a question for instances admins, what version of ffmpeg does your server use?I'm currently looking into upgrading to 7.x with https://yawnbox.is/blog/upgrade-ffmpeg-for-mastodon-fediverse/Maybe it could help with better and faster video conversion
(DIR) Post #Aw2XxAaeNa8RYNjlBI by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-07-12T00:14:06Z
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@stux I have a general form recommendation about ffmpeg in any application:"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
(DIR) Post #Aw2XyffqIQY0FPsiga by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T00:14:41Z
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@lauren It's kinda broken-ishWaay to often videos get send over but are broken on remote servers somehow
(DIR) Post #Aw2Y3rWPfoKcRPwjh2 by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:15:32Z
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@stux Currently I'm running the stock Debian one.Unsure if the newer version is faster.A lot will depend on how busy your CPU cores and disks are I guess.
(DIR) Post #Aw2Y5EdRDxSMPot2wa by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T00:15:53Z
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@admin Is that v4.x?
(DIR) Post #Aw2YDP4CK7WB5LIYu8 by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:17:18Z
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@stux Nah, 5.1.6 in Bookworm.Trixie will have 7.1.1.
(DIR) Post #Aw2YPBZeJaQgiHczHE by lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
2025-07-12T00:15:26Z
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@stux Ugh. Yeah. I hate tampering with ffmpeg. It's like stabbing lipo batteries with screwdrivers.
(DIR) Post #Aw2YqZAsg1XTjB6BPc by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:23:25Z
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@stux Are you running Debian, Ubuntu or ... ?
(DIR) Post #Aw2YqaHeYKYBATH6bg by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T00:24:24Z
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@admin Ubuntu 22.04 😉
(DIR) Post #Aw2YsOMTqkxalsOXgG by smeg@assortedflotsam.com
2025-07-12T00:24:41Z
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@stux 4.3.8.0
(DIR) Post #Aw2ZeyD3s36Tqt9YAa by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:33:29Z
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@stux Ah !Well, at least they patched their version of ffmpeg eventually 😁 Why did you stay on 22.04 for the new server and didn't you immediately go for 24.04 ?Or for Debian Trixie ?I expect Trixie to be released as stable (halfway) next month but it should be ample secure and stable enough already to run Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #Aw2aIGuuFfbVAIOxiC by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:40:32Z
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@stux @lauren I've seen this with older foto's from other instances that get boosted, but the media URL on that instance has since then changed - or something like it.The end result is that the image or video works on the original server, but not on a newer instance that tries to pull it in via the original downloa location.Or something like that.
(DIR) Post #Aw2aLrHbV3fUoyjDua by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T00:41:14Z
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@stux @lauren I've seen this with older foto's from other instances that get boosted, but the media URL on that instance has since then changed - or something like it.The end result is that the image or video works on the original server, but not on a newer instance that tries to pull it in via the original download location.Or something like that.
(DIR) Post #Aw3RyKcaAEZ0O4ltK4 by burne@waag.social
2025-07-12T09:01:50Z
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@lauren Given the number of exploits in ffmepg, you better start fixing it. Doing usefull work with the vulnerabilities might be hard, but crashing your ffmpeg looks to be trivially easy.(Often distro's backport security patches, if you have technical reasons to stick to a specific version..)
(DIR) Post #Aw3RyLgWD5J3gZcY64 by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T10:42:02Z
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@burne @lauren Yeah we use the Ubuntu Pro for that 😉 they have patched those vulns in ffmpegs recent versions(you can get free pro to 5 licences for personal use)
(DIR) Post #Aw3S3lbVGqwLWJrHvc by stux@mstdn.social
2025-07-12T10:43:04Z
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@admin It came with 22.04 but also because I had massive issues installing a clean Mastodon on 24.04 recently because of requirements i guessSo to be sure i went with 22 so we can upgrade later
(DIR) Post #Aw47aAj5UxG4p5yc5Y by admin@mastodon-belgium.be
2025-07-12T18:28:09Z
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@stux I'm planning to upgrade (well, try) my Mastodon test instance to Debian Trixie soonish, will keep you posted how that goes.When upgrading from Bullseye to Bookworm I had some issues as well but those got sorted.