Request for new release for ffmpeg8

[hmaarrfk]

I noticed you have all the patches for ffmpeg8. i was wondering if you were planning a release?

I've narrowed down the necessary patches to:

    - patches/0009-Replace-FFmpeg-version-macro-with-direct-API-call.patch
    - patches/0010-Combine-pad-and-link.patch
    - patches/0011-Remove-FilterFlags.patch
      # - patches/0012-Remove-unused-swr-functions.patch
    - patches/0013-Build-with-ffmpeg-8.patch

but its difficult to decide if the API has changed.

I've also noticed the idea v15.1.0 being floated
https://github.com/PyAV-Org/PyAV/blob/main/CHANGELOG.rst#v1510

it would be good to have a "versioned" number so that we can release it at conda-forge "officially".

[WyattBlue]

Some hardcoded flag enums need to be fixed if we want to support ffmpeg 7.1 and 8.0. Other than that, yeah, I plan to make a release 15.1.0 soon

[hmaarrfk]

Ok. Understood. If there is a huge change to the API that I introduced with those patches let me know.

It all seemed kinda minor refactors.

[hmaarrfk]

Thank you for the fast release
https://github.com/PyAV-Org/PyAV/releases/tag/v15.1.0

[tom-bola]

I'm seeing that 15.1 is still built with ffmpeg 7.1

Python 3.10.18 (main, Aug 12 2025, 23:08:06) [GCC 14.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import av
>>> av.__version__
'15.1.0'
>>> av.ffmpeg_version_info
'7.1.1'

[hmaarrfk]

Please explain what platform you are using and how you installed

[WyattBlue]

I think all pip wheel releases are still using ffmpeg 7 because of an oversight

[tom-bola]

When are you planning to release builds with ffmpeg8?