Following the instructions to install FFMPEG from the Nvidia repos no longer works ( https://docs.nvidia.com/jetson/archives/l4t-archived/l4t-3261/index.html#page/Tegra%20Linux%20Driver%20Package%20Development%20Guide/multimedia.html#wwpID0E0IB0HA ) . $ sudo apt-get update Hit:1 http://ports.ubuntu.c…

Hi, We think it is fine to specify the version for r32.7. Without version, it will install latest version.

Hi @DaneLLL , the instructions I posted to the docs are the same as the first solution you provided, i.e. downloading the prebuilt package. This has worked for us for the past year, but has recently broken. I’m guessing the release of r35.1 has affected this package repo because there is no version a…

@DaneLLL this is issue is still persisting. Can you confirm that the issue is on your side?

Hi, We can observe the issue. It is under investigation. Will update.

Hi, Please try $ sudo apt install ffmpeg=7:4.2.2-nvidia.1

I can confirm that this is working now. Are there plans to fix this without pinning the version?

Jetson FFMPEG install fails on r32.7

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DaneLLL September 30, 2022, 1:26am 3

Hi,
Please try the two cases:
[download prebuilt package]
Hardware accelerated video playback with L4T ffmpeg - #7 by DaneLLL
[download source code]
Jetson TX2 and FFmpeg - Can't initialize nvrm channel - #5 by DaneLLL

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Jetson FFMPEG install fails on r32.7

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