ffpyplayer build fails with ffmpeg 8.0.1 (from develop)

Author: sdas92Created Jun 6, 2026Updated Jun 6, 2026

I am building ffpyplayer (version: v4.5.1) and I see that the ffmpeg version got upgraded to 8.0.1 and it throws below error.

Error:

bash

/home/somnath/codes/git/my-org/image-to-animation-offline/kivy/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a/build/other_builds/ffpyplayer-openssl/arm64-v8a__ndk_target_28/ffpyplayer/ffpyplayer/pic.c:773:10: fatal error: 'libavcodec/avfft.h' file not found
  773 | #include "libavcodec/avfft.h"
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
error: command '/usr/bin/ccache' failed with exit code 1

ERROR Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke build_wheel

Source: kivy/python-for-android

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