ffmpeg-build-script VS exhale

Are there any plans to update agentdvr to support ffmpeg-shared builds v6? The ffmpeg build script for linux uses a modified version of this script https://github.com/markus-perl/ffmpeg-build-script Looks like he made a recent one with ffmpeg 6.0 support(v1.44)

It's straightforward to compile ffmpeg with libfdk_aac support to be sure quality remains high, especially e.g. build scripts.

After quite a bit of searching around I was unable to find a simple way of getting a build of FFMPEG with all the different AV1 encoders, and building manually would mean I'd have to go get all the libraries that are enabled by default in say, Ubuntu's FFMPEG repo. So I took it into my own hands and modified this build script and added rav1e to the build in my fork here.

install of ffmpeg. I've started using github.com/markus-perl/ffmpeg-build-script because, why re-invent the wheel

I'm currently using this build script so that I can use svt-av1, but I wan't to give rav1e a shot and it's not included. Does anyone know of somewhere I can get ffmpeg compiled with rav1e, or a relatively simple way to do it myself with all the other codecs that build script supports?

These days the situation is much better, but you really want FDK-AAC for best quality (it's proper Fraunhofer code released as Open Source for the Android project, and now widely compatible on all platforms). You can find a standalone front end in the repos, but I prefer to build ffmpeg with support for it for more flexibility. (The ffmpeg built in default aac encoder is still noticeably worse, despite it's improvement a few years ago.)

https://gitlab.com/ecodis/exhale/-/wikis/faq https://gitlab.com/ecodis/exhale

https://gitlab.com/ecodis/exhale and apparently the FhG USAC encoder can be used in some programs.

There is a new lossy codec Exhale xHE-AAC, which is still in development. It is dedicated for low bitrate encoding (16-192kbps), and performs promising results at this range and even competes with opus. Encoding time is longer compared to opus, though. Their project page: https://gitlab.com/ecodis/exhale

Future? https://gitlab.com/ecodis/exhale is interesting and a few folks are hoping that it becomes an option in FFmpeg.

Good stuff, but let's hope it's not too long before support for the exhale xHE-AAC encoder is included.

[xHE-AAC is] Included in the AAC Patent Licensing Program by VIA Licensing at no extra cost. An early version of exhale was already on par with opus at 50kbps, quality has improved since. xHE-AAC should be ~30% less bitrate than opus.

Great answer -- it's also worth checking out the fairly new open source exhale "xHE-AAC" encoder -- this profile, "extendedHE-AAC" aka USAC is Fraunhofer's best attempt yet at a universal audio codec and shows really promising results so far (competitive with, or even beating Opus at low bitrates). Let's hope ffmpeg supports it soon.

In general (for now (until ffmpeg merge & suppoort the exhale xHE-AAC encoder ) Opus is the best all rounder -- but it's not supported on all platforms. If you need great quality, and easy playback support on Apple devices, it best to use libfdk_aac.