[TRI-4524] The `ffmpeg` extension installs 5.1.6 (not 7.x)

[matt-aitken]

This is because we install ffmpeg using apt-get and it only installs the latest version that's connected to the base image you use (as far as I can gather). We call apt-get update, but that doesn't help…

Instead a different approach needs to be taken. You can create this ffmpeg7 extension yourself by creating this file in your codebase, then importing the ffmpeg() function into the build extensions in your trigger.config file.

import { BuildExtension } from "@trigger.dev/build";

export function ffmpeg7(): BuildExtension {
  return {
    name: "ffmpeg-7",
    onBuildComplete(context) {
      if (context.target === "dev") {
        return;
      }

      context.logger.debug("Adding ffmpeg 7");

      context.addLayer({
        id: "ffmpeg",
        image: {
          instructions: [
            "RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends wget xz-utils && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*",
            "RUN wget https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz -O ffmpeg.tar.xz && tar xvf ffmpeg.tar.xz -C /usr/bin --strip-components=1 --no-anchored 'ffmpeg' 'ffprobe' && rm ffmpeg.tar.xz",
          ],
        },
        deploy: {
          env: {
            FFMPEG_PATH: "/usr/bin/ffmpeg",
            FFPROBE_PATH: "/usr/bin/ffprobe",
          },
          override: true,
        },
      });
    },
  };
}

_TRI-4524

[Rudra-Sankha-Sinhamahapatra]

@matt-aitken only creating this file will resolve that ? Although I have added it by creating a PR , is there anything else needed . Happy to hear. #1777

[maximedupre]

Is there a reason why the above PR can't be merged and make ffmpeg 7.x the default version? :)

[maximedupre]

@matt-aitken The proposed solution doesn't actually work (anymore)

> [base 3/4] RUN wget https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz -O ffmpeg.tar.xz && tar xvf ffmpeg.tar.xz -C /usr/bin --strip-components=1 --no-anchored 'ffmpeg' 'ffprobe' && rm ffmpeg.tar.xz:
#0 0.238 --2025-03-26 11:54:01--  https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz
#0 0.239 Resolving johnvansickle.com (johnvansickle.com)... 107.180.57.212
#0 0.269 Connecting to johnvansickle.com (johnvansickle.com)|107.180.57.212|:443... connected.
#0 0.425 ERROR: The certificate of 'johnvansickle.com' is not trusted.
#0 0.425 ERROR: The certificate of 'johnvansickle.com' doesn't have a known issuer.
------
Error: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c wget https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/releases/ffmpeg-release-amd64-static.tar.xz -O ffmpeg.tar.xz && tar xvf ffmpeg.tar.xz -C /usr/bin --strip-components=1 --no-anchored 'ffmpeg' 'ffprobe' && rm ffmpeg.tar.xz" did not complete successfully: exit code: 5%

Edit

Modifying the wget command to [...] RUN wget --no-check-certificate [...] works.