Fail to install on 1.0-rc1

[hearnsj]

I am not sure if VideoIO is ready for the 1.0 release yet... I tried to pkg add and I get
ERROR: LoadError: syntax: misplaced assignment statement in "[libavcodec = library_dependency

My Windows 10 system does have several 0.6 and 0.7 releases already installed. Maybe I should have to delete the directory with which contains the codecs?

v1.0) pkg> add VideoIO Resolving package versions... Installed Reactive ───────── v0.7.0 Installed Glob ───────────── v1.1.1 Installed RoundingIntegers ─ v0.0.3 Installed GtkReactive ────── v0.4.1 Installed ImageView ──────── v0.6.0 Installed VideoIO ────────── v0.2.0 Installed Gtk ────────────── v0.14.0 Updating C:\Users\hearn\.julia\environments\v1.0\Project.toml [d6d074c3] + VideoIO v0.2.0 Updating C:\Users\hearn\.julia\environments\v1.0\Manifest.toml [c27321d9] + Glob v1.1.1 [4c0ca9eb] + Gtk v0.14.0 [27996c0f] + GtkReactive v0.4.1 [86fae568] + ImageView v0.6.0 [a223df75] + Reactive v0.7.0 [d5f540fe] + RoundingIntegers v0.0.3 [d6d074c3] + VideoIO v0.2.0 ┌ Warning: Dependency graph not a DAG, linearizing anyway └ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:985 Building Gtk ────→ C:\Users\hearn\.julia\packages\Gtk\Zlc4t\deps\build.log ┌ Error: Error building Gtk: │ ERROR: LoadError: syntax: misplaced assignment statement in "[glib = library_dependency("glib", aliases = ["libglib-2.0", "libglib-2.0-0"], group = group); gobject = library_dependency("gobject", aliases = ["libgobject-2.0", "libgobject-2.0-0"], group = group); gtk = library_dependency("gtk", aliases = ["libgtk-3", "libgtk-3-0"], group = group); gdk = library_dependency("gdk", aliases = ["libgdk-3", "libgdk-3-0"], group = group); gdk_pixbuf = library_dependency("gdk_pixbuf", aliases = ["libgdk_pixbuf-2.0", "libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0"], group = group); gio = library_dependency("gio", aliases = ["libgio-2.0", "libgio-2.0-0"], group = group)]" │ Stacktrace: │ [1] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined] │ [2] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038 │ [3] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29 │ [4] include(::String) at .\client.jl:388 │ [5] top-level scope at none:0 │ in expression starting at C:\Users\hearn.julia\packages\Gtk\Zlc4t\deps\build.jl:7 └ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1068 Building VideoIO → C:\Users\hearn\.julia\packages\VideoIO\wzTPi\deps\build.log ┌ Error: Error building VideoIO: │ ERROR: LoadError: syntax: misplaced assignment statement in "[libavcodec = library_dependency("libavcodec", aliases = [(["libavcodec-ffmpeg.so.", "libavcodec.", "libavcodec.so.", "libavcodec.ffmpeg.so.", "avcodec-"] . ["53" "54" "55" "56"])...], group = group); libavformat = library_dependency("libavformat", aliases = [(["libavformat-ffmpeg.so.", "libavformat.", "libavformat.so.", "libavformat.ffmpeg.so.", "avformat-"] . ["53" "54" "55" "56"])...], group = group); libavutil = library_dependency("libavutil", aliases = [(["libavutil-ffmpeg.so.", "libavutil.", "libavutil.so.", "libavutil.ffmpeg.so.", "avutil-"] . ["51" "52" "54"])...], group = group); libswscale = library_dependency("libswscale", aliases = [(["libswscale-ffmpeg.so.", "libswscale.", "libswscale.so.", "libswscale.ffmpeg.so.", "swscale-"] . ["2" "3"])...], group = group); libavfilter = library_dependency("libavfilter", aliases = [(["libavfilter-ffmpeg.so.", "libavfilter.", "libavfilter.so.", "libavfilter.ffmpeg.so.", "avfilter-"] . ["2" "3" "4" "5"])...], group = group); libavdevice = library_dependency("libavdevice", aliases = [(["libavdevice-ffmpeg.so.", "libavdevice.", "libavdevice.so.", "libavdevice.ffmpeg.so.", "avdevice-"] . ["53" "54" "55" "56"])...], group = group)]" │ Stacktrace: │ [1] include at .\boot.jl:317 [inlined] │ [2] include_relative(::Module, ::String) at .\loading.jl:1038 │ [3] include(::Module, ::String) at .\sysimg.jl:29 │ [4] include(::String) at .\client.jl:388 │ [5] top-level scope at none:0 │ in expression starting at C:\Users\hearn.julia\packages\VideoIO\wzTPi\deps\build.jl:7 └ @ Pkg.Operations C:\cygwin\home\Administrator\buildbot\worker\package_win64\build\usr\share\julia\stdlib\v1.0\Pkg\src\Operations.jl:1068

(v1.0) pkg>

[EMCP]

it's not ready for the v0.6.x release

Observe

https://github.com/kmsquire/VideoIO.jl/issues/72

https://github.com/kmsquire/VideoIO.jl/issues/75

https://github.com/kmsquire/VideoIO.jl/issues/100

https://github.com/kmsquire/VideoIO.jl/issues/112

[hearnsj]

So what can I do to help? I have Fedora and Windows 10 available.

[EMCP]

I am unsure, but I think this entire project needs some help and it appears not anyone from the original team is working actively on it..

[jpsamaroo]

I think once #120 is completed, it'll be a lot easier to get this package in shape for 0.7/1.0 (at least compared to trying to fix it without an ffmpeg builder).

[kmsquire]

Hi there, (largely MIA) maintainer here. As @EMCP suggested, I haven't really been actively maintaining this project for a while now. There are a number of collaborators with push access, and sometimes they pitch in, but it's a pretty complex project, and pitching in means diving into some gnarly code.

Probably the best thing to help at this point would be to try to push on

• 120

• 114

• 108

The package could use a major refactor, but solving the first two issues should get VideoIO working on most platforms on v0.7 (and later v1.0), and the third issue would get it working with a more modern version of ffmpeg.

(Partially in response to this conversation, I've worked on #108 the last couple of days. I got the tests to pass once, and got excited, but it seems to have been a fluke--there's still a double free happening somewhere.)

[kmsquire]

it's not ready for the v0.6.x release

At least this isn't true anymore--v0.3.0 should install on v0.6 (assuming you have a sufficiently old version of ffmpeg installed/available--versions newer than 3.0 won't work).

124 will hopefully get us over the hump to getting installed on v0.7/v1.0 (with the same version restrictions). Waiting on an issue with ImageMagick.

[hearnsj]

Closing this issue. Time to move on!

[kmsquire]

With #125 and #132 merged, this should be good to go now. If someone finds out otherwise, please ping here.