FFmpeg v7 support and macOS Intel runner updates. (#88)

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
 
           # Build for Intel macOS environments.
           - name: darwin-x86_64
-            os: macos-13
+            os: macos-15-large
 
           # Build for Intel 64-bit Windows environments.
           - name: windows-x86_64

README.md

@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ This project provides static FFmpeg binaries for multiple platforms and architec
 
 Specifically, we provide:
 
-* Audio support using `libfdk-aac`
-* Hardware-accelerated encoding support on Intel platforms using `h264_qsv` and hardware-accelerated encoding on Raspberry Pi 3+ using `h264_v4l2m2m`
-* Hardware-accelerated encoding support on Apple platforms using `videotoolbox`
+* Audio support using `libfdk-aac`.
+* Hardware-accelerated encoding support on Intel platforms using `h264_qsv` and hardware-accelerated encoding on Raspberry Pi 4+ using `h264_v4l2m2m`.
+* Hardware-accelerated encoding support on Apple platforms using `videotoolbox`.
 
 ## Supported Platforms
-
 | OS                                  | Supported Architectures        |
 |-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 | FreeBSD                             | x86_64                         |
 | Linux                               | x86_64, armv7l, aarch64        |
-| macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or newer        | x86_64, arm64 (Apple Silicon)  |
-| Raspberry Pi 4 or better (Raspbian) | armv7l, aarch64                |
+| macOS 15.0 (Sequoia) or newer       | x86_64, arm64 (Apple Silicon)  |
+| Raspberry Pi 4 (Raspbian)           | armv7l, aarch64                |
 | Windows 10 or newer                 | x86_64                         |
 
-**Note: Raspberry Pi 5 is currently unsupported. There are multiple known issues that will be addressed in a future release.**
-## Install
+> [!NOTE]
+> * Raspberry Pi 5 is currently unsupported. There are multiple known issues with FFmpeg and Raspberry Pi 5 that will hopefully be addressed by the respective teams in the future.**
+> * Currently (October 2024), FFmpeg v7.1 appears to be somewhat broken for HEVC and H.264 decoding in some scenarios. We hope to support future FFmpeg LTS releases as they stabilize and mature.**
 
 #### Raspbian or armv7/armv8-based Linux environments:
 

build-ffmpeg

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # LICENSE: https://github.com/markus-perl/ffmpeg-build-script/blob/master/LICENSE
 #
 PROGNAME=$(basename "$0")
-FFMPEG_VERSION=6.1.2
+FFMPEG_VERSION=7.0
 SCRIPT_VERSION=1.47
 CWD=$(pwd)
 PACKAGES="${CWD}/packages"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ffmpeg-for-homebridge",
-  "version": "2.1.2",
+  "version": "2.1.3",
   "description": "Static FFmpeg binaries for Homebridge with support for audio (libfdk-aac) and hardware encoding (h264_v4l2m2m and h264_qsv).",
   "author": {
     "name": "The Homebridge Team",