Hi! Im getting the error ffmpeg not found, I fixed it chaning the logic of slideshow/SlideManager.py
m = re.search(r'^ffmpeg version [n]?([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)*)', ffmpeg_version_extract)
if m is None:
raise Exception("FFmpeg version parse failed", ffmpeg_version_extract)
self.ffmpeg_version = [int(comp) for comp in m.group(1).split('.')]
Basically this makes the check less strict and works with n8.1
/tmp/kburns-slideshow master*
kburns-slideshow ❯ ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version n8.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2026 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 15.2.1 (GCC) 20260209
configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-debug --disable-static --disable-stripping --enable-amf --enable-avisynth --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-lto --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gmp --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-lcms2 --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libdvdnav --enable-libdvdread --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libglslang --enable-libgsm --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libiec61883 --enable-libjack --enable-libjxl --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore_amrnb --enable-libopencore_amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libplacebo --enable-libpulse --enable-librav1e --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpl --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-shared --enable-vapoursynth --enable-version3 --enable-vulkan
libavutil 60. 26.100 / 60. 26.100
libavcodec 62. 28.100 / 62. 28.100
libavformat 62. 12.100 / 62. 12.100
libavdevice 62. 3.100 / 62. 3.100
libavfilter 11. 14.100 / 11. 14.100
libswscale 9. 5.100 / 9. 5.100
libswresample 6. 3.100 / 6. 3.100
Exiting with exit code 0
/tmp/kburns-slideshow master*
kburns-slideshow ❯
Hi! Im getting the error ffmpeg not found, I fixed it chaning the logic of
slideshow/SlideManager.pyBasically this makes the check less strict and works with n8.1