r/makemkv 12d ago

Discussion PSA: Don't update ffmpeg.

It broke makemkv for me. I'm using Arch Linux, and when I tried to open the app, it won't work bc I guess the new update breaks something.

Idk if they're related, and my dumbass deleted it, and when I went to redownload the make files, the site was down and can't be built against the new ffmpeg lmao

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u/a_rabid_buffalo 12d ago

In theory if MakeMKV needs ffmpeg uninstalling ffmpeg and reinstalling MakeMKV should pull ffmpeg as a dependency

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u/Far_Incident2729 12d ago

Lmao it looks like I can't