eugeneware / eugeneware/ffmpeg-static

bug: ffmpeg-static Crashes When Accessing Remote HTTPS Video URLs (Likely Networking Bug)

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Description

### ffmpeg-static version

ffmpeg-static@5.2.0

### Node.js version

v18.19.1

### operating system and/or environment

- using operating system Windows 11

### What happened?

The ffmpeg-static binary crashes with a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) when attempting to access remote video files via HTTPS. This happens even with the simplest command:

`ffmpeg -i "https://cdn.pixabay.com/video/2025/04/27/275052_large.mp4"`
No encoding, filtering, or processing is involved — the crash occurs at the initial input access phase.

Reproduction Steps
Install ffmpeg-static in a Node.js environment.

Attempt to run:

`./node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg -i "https://cdn.pixabay.com/video/2025/04/27/275052_large.mp4"`
Observe segmentation fault.

Diagnostic Findings
To isolate the issue, the video was downloaded manually using curl:

`curl -L -o remote_video.mp4 "https://cdn.pixabay.com/video/2025/04/27/275052_large.mp4"`
Then processed locally:

`./node_modules/ffmpeg-static/ffmpeg -i remote_video.mp4`
Result: This succeeded, confirming that the crash is specific to FFMPEG’s internal networking stack.

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