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Fishman0919
27th January 2020, 07:28
I download the windows version from here (https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/static/?C=M&O=D)

Was curious to what version of x264 was included. I started an encoding using dmMediaConverter. Got this...

17167

Anyone know why?
Fishman0919
27th January 2020, 16:13
Seems to be the same, no x264 build info, for the nightly builds going back some time.
poisondeathray
27th January 2020, 16:41
check the readme
https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/readme/win64/static/ffmpeg-20200126-5e62100-win64-static-readme.txt


Looks current 20191127 is latest commit


x264 20191127-1771b55 <https://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html>


https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/commits/master
1771b556
Fishman0919
27th January 2020, 17:09
Yes, thank you.

Seems to be the current build, r2991, but x264 info was not included when it was built for FFmpeg. Odd thats it's not there for a Stable release and I like to see the build info when I look at a file with MediaInfo
foxyshadis
31st January 2020, 03:55
Revision is only included if built from git. Builds from any other source, like a tar.gz dump or a devel lib from a repo, won't have that info.
Fishman0919
31st January 2020, 07:06
Revision is only included if built from git. Builds from any other source, like a tar.gz dump or a devel lib from a repo, won't have that info.

Yes, I know... Just odd that it's not there for a Stable release.
nevcairiel
31st January 2020, 09:44
"core 159" really tells you all you need to know. Any relevant changes have that number increased.
But as others have said, the full revision info is only available if its built from Git - if someone builds it in any other way, that info simply cannot be determined.
Fishman0919
4th February 2020, 20:02
"core 159" really tells you all you need to know. Any relevant changes have that number increased.
But as others have said, the full revision info is only available if its built from Git - if someone builds it in any other way, that info simply cannot be determined.

Yes, like I said, I understand how it's not there but not why... I just find it odd that it was forgotten in a "Stable" release... nightly's sure, but not a stable release.

The nightly's for some time didn't include the info, seem that that build was used. Oh well.