microsoft / microsoft/FFmpegInterop
Running SetUpFFmpegBuildEnvironment.ps1 hangs at "Updating packages..."
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Description
Even though it's not mentioned, I tried running the SetUpFFmpegBuildEnvironment.ps1 command. A few errors flew by, no clue if these were serious. Eventually the command hung while "Updating packages...".
Please document what's necessary to have a working environment. Also make sure the scripts can validate the final setup to some degree or at least have the scripts bail if errors occur during setup.
I realize it may seem like no one is looking at this repo, but some of us were actually using this work.
Thanks for bringing it back to life.
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Start with SetUpFFmpegBuildEnvironment.ps1 and reproduce the hang at "Updating packages..." to identify the required environment and setup errors. Document the prerequisites and expected setup steps, then make the scripts validate the final environment or stop when setup errors occur. Done means a newcomer can follow the documentation and detect whether setup succeeded.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100