Mpv: "[ffmpeg/video] No support for codec" errors in console

It would be nice to know if you are running the limited codecs that are provided with fedora or if you have upgraded to the non-encumbered codecs that are provided from rpmfusion.

The limitations are partly from ffmpeg-free, libavcodec-free, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free all of which come directly from fedora and do not support any codecs that are patent, license, or copyright encumbered. These can be replaced with the same packages but with slightly different names from rpmfusion. (libavcodec-freeworld, ffmpeg, and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly).
The related commands would be

  1. sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg
  2. sudo dnf swap libavcodec-free libavcodec-freeworld
    and
  3. sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-ugly

If not already done it might be necessary to enable the rpmfusion repos as shown here before running those commands.
https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

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