Latest ffmpeg has removed avcodec_get_context_defaults(), and its
documentation says a new AVCodecContext should be allocated for this
purpose. The pointer returned by avcodec_find_decoder() is now
const-qualified so we also need to adjust for it. And, AVCOL_RANGE_MPEG
is now rejected with strict_std_compliance > FF_COMPLIANCE_UNOFFICIAL.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1531>
... in favour of dep.get_variable('foo', ..) which in some
cases allows for further cleanups in future since we can
extract variables from pkg-config dependencies as well as
internal dependencies using this mechanism.
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1183>
For monorepo build and ugly/bad, for advanced feature
option API like get_option('xyz').required(..) which
we use in combination with the 'gpl' option.
For rest of modules for consistency (people will likely
use newer features based on the top-level requirement).
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/1084>
