telegram-desktop: libavcodec.so.58 missing

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telegram-desktop: libavcodec.so.58 missing

27 January 2022, 10:48:44

When I try to start telegram-desktop, I get the following error:

telegram-desktop: error while loading shared libraries: libavcodec.so.58: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Re: telegram-desktop: libavcodec.so.58 missing

Reply #1 – 27 January 2022, 11:05:36

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,3582.html

Re: telegram-desktop: libavcodec.so.58 missing

Reply #2 – 27 January 2022, 12:13:22

Quote from: strajder – on 27 January 2022, 11:05:36

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,3582.html

I guess this is also the reason, why Firefox suddenly can't play certain video codecs anymore – right?

Re: telegram-desktop: libavcodec.so.58 missing

Reply #3 – 27 January 2022, 14:20:50

Quote from: xanadu – on 27 January 2022, 12:13:22

I guess this is also the reason, why Firefox suddenly can't play certain video codecs anymore – right?

R-r-right.
Firefox uses FFmpeg for playing multimedia inside HTML5 <audio> and <video> elements.