Cannot Download iOS xcframework Zip from v6.0 Release

[sunfjun]

Title
Unable to download FFmpeg Kit v6.0 iOS xcframework zip

Description
We are unable to download the following file from the release page:

https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit/releases/download/v6.0/ffmpeg-kit-full-gpl-6.0-ios-xcframework.zip
Attempts to access the URL via a browser or tools like curl or wget result in a failed download, with errors such as connection timeout or 404 Not Found (depending on the region). We have tried multiple times, but the download never completes successfully.

Steps to Reproduce
Open the above link in a web browser

Or run the following command:

curl -O -L https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit/releases/download/v6.0/ffmpeg-kit-full-gpl-6.0-ios-xcframework.zip
Observe the failed download

Expected Behavior
The file ffmpeg-kit-full-gpl-6.0-ios-xcframework.zip should download successfully.

Actual Behavior
The download request fails and the file cannot be retrieved.

Environment
OS: macOS / Windows / Linux (tested on all)

Region: Mainland China

Network: Tried multiple ISPs and environments

Proxy: Tried with proxy enabled (still failed)

[sumukhah]

yup! facing the same issue!

It's not because of the regional issue, the resource doesn't exist in the path it seems!

[jeongho9496]

I'm facing the same issue. Is there any way to download it again? ㅜㅜ

[xd-jeff]

+1 Unable to download, Error 404

[sumukhah]

This library is retired now!!

Check it in the main page (https://github.com/arthenica/ffmpeg-kit?tab=readme-ov-file#notice)

Bad luck!! :😔

But thanks to the developer for building for this long!

[agent515]

Any alternative?

[jakobsuckow]

Also need an alternative.

[agent515]

Going to try this out for now

[pfcodes]

Any way around this?

[monde-mamon]

Going to try this out for now

#1099 (comment)

[ibrahimEltayfe]

unfortunately this library is retired now and the pre-built binaries have now been removed as previously announced.

I have written an article that provides a detailed guide on how to compile the binaries locally on your device and link it to your project. Feel free to take a look!

https://medium.com/@ibrahimeltayfe/how-to-compile-ffmpeg-binaries-locally-for-flutter-android-ios-e66d2e109923

[dylanjeffers]

This is what we did to get around this issue for ffmpeg-kit-react-native for ios: AudiusProject/apps#11715

Steps:

• Check in all the binaries into repo
• Add a ffmpeg-kit-ios-https-gpl.podspec file in that directory to make it act like a pod.
• Update Podfile to reference the local version

Feel free to reference the pr and lift all the binaries from there if you lost access to them.
Reach out if this works or if you have questions

@ibrahimEltayfe approach looks great too

[agent515]

The bash script for iOS is stuck at checking whether we are cross compiling... for me.

build.log

INFO: System information

INFO: Darwin Rohits-MacBook-Pro.local 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan  2 20:24:23 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64

----------------------------------------------------------------

+++ echo -e '\nINFO: Running full autoreconf for ffmpeg-kit\n'

INFO: Running full autoreconf for ffmpeg-kit

+++ autoreconf --force --install
glibtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
glibtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
glibtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
glibtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
glibtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:54: warning: AC_C_BIGENDIAN should be used with AC_CONFIG_HEADERS
configure.ac:18: installing './compile'
configure.ac:7: installing './missing'
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
+++ local EXTRACT_RC=0
+++ '[' 0 -eq 0 ']'
+++ echo -e '\nDEBUG: autoreconf completed successfully for ffmpeg-kit\n'

DEBUG: autoreconf completed successfully for ffmpeg-kit

+++ return
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-interactive
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether sleep supports fractional seconds... yes
checking filesystem timestamp resolution... 2
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for x86_64-ios-darwin-strip... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/strip
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... no
checking for awk... awk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking xargs -n works... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking build system type... aarch64-apple-darwin24.3.0
checking host system type... x86_64-ios-darwin
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for x86_64-ios-darwin-gcc... clang
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... 

bash -x ./ios.sh -x --enable-gpl --target=16.6

The actual command at which the program is stuck. Found this after enabling verbose debugging set -x

+++ ./configure --prefix=/Users/rohitkokate/Development/Projects/ffmpeg-kit/prebuilt/apple-ios-x86_64/ffmpeg-kit --with-pic --with-sysroot=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator18.4.sdk --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-fast-install --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-interactive --host=x86_64-ios-darwin

[edgar0011]

This is what we did to get around this issue for ffmpeg-kit-react-native for ios: AudiusProject/audius-protocol#11715

Steps:

• Check in all the binaries into repo
• Add a ffmpeg-kit-ios-https-gpl.podspec file in that directory to make it act like a pod.
• Update Podfile to reference the local version

Feel free to reference the pr and lift all the binaries from there if you lost access to them. Reach out if this works or if you have questions

@ibrahimEltayfe approach looks great too

Can you please add info how we can use this in existing projects? Do we have to change the Pod file like this:
pod 'ffmpeg-kit-react-native', :subspecs => ['min-gpl'], :podspec => '../../../ffmpeg-kit/react-native/ffmpeg-kit-react-native.podspec'
even with that vhange, the pod install fails on downloading the zip

[Irving-Xu]

+1

[lufinkey]

Working on a fork here for react native that builds from source instead of downloading a binary package. Not done with it yet, but iOS has some progress