Manjaro: ffmpeg not working

[sohcaleb]

Bug Description

Bug:

ffmpeg not detected
ffmpeg not working

Expected behavior:

ffmpeg will remove silence in Manjaro

Steps to reproduce:

1. Install Manjaro linux in virtual machine or run in livecd mode
2. Download whispering, run LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libwayland-client.so ./whispering.AppImage
3. sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
4. Notice that ffmpeg is still not detected by whispering
5. If you copy over a prepared config of .local/share/com.brandenwong.whispering you will see this error libopenmpt.so.0 Undefined symbol, and audio silence removal with ffmpeg will fail

Additional context:

Latest Manjaro release 2 April 2026

Platform

Linux

Affected Component

Transcription

Epicenter Version

v7.11.0

Severity

Major (significant impact, no easy workaround)

Discord Link

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