[bug#71246] [PATCH] gnu: audacity: Re-add fallback to locate ffmpeg via pkg-config.

[Kaelyn]

Hi,

On Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 at 11:58 AM, Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> wrote:

> 
> Please go ahead and file Guix package definition patch to restore the
> deleted ffmpeg patch

I apologize for not being clearer and including a proper reference; by "this 
patch", I meant https://issues.guix.gnu.org/71246.

Thanks,
Kaelyn

> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:44 AM Kaelyn kaelyn.alexi@protonmail.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This patch re-introduces the 
> > gnu/packages/patches/audacity-ffmpeg-fallback.patch that was deleted by 
> > commit cf5f7a8bf9ca2288700fcf351bbca0fc341ec969, which upgraded audacity to 
> > 3.5.1. The issue with it applying to the new audacity version is that the 
> > "lib-ffmpeg-support" folder moved from under "libraries/" to be under 
> > "modules/mod-ffmpeg/"; I have simply restored the existing patch and fixed 
> > the paths to the files.
> > 
> > Starting with the upgrade to audacity 3.5.1 with the patch dropped, any 
> > file that depended on ffmpeg to be loaded--such as the .m4a files produced 
> > by the recording app on an Android phone--fails to load. I also tried 
> > setting the path to the ffmpeg library through the GUI and had it 
> > consistently fail for me, and such files still could not be loaded (I have 
> > a few screenshots of the error messages). Restoring this patch has restored 
> > the ability to load .m4a and other files which depend on ffmpeg to be 
> > loaded, and without any special hoops needed to set up ffmpeg through the 
> > UI first.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Kaelyn