FFmpeg missing TLS support

[mariocynicys]

We can compile ffmpeg with openssl(Apache 2.0 License) mbedtls(GPL) enabled so the static binary can be fed from an https input source, right now it only works with http.

/home/omar/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/streamer_binaries/ffprobe-linux-x64 https://storage.googleapis.com/shaka-streamer-assets/sample-inputs/Sintel.2010.720p.mkv -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=index -of compact=p=0:nk=1
ffprobe version n4.4 Copyright (c) 2007-2021 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)
  configuration: --pkg-config-flags=--static --disable-ffplay --enable-libvpx --enable-libaom --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --enable-nvenc --enable-vdpau
  libavutil      56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
  libavcodec     58.134.100 / 58.134.100
  libavformat    58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
  libavdevice    58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
  libavfilter     7.110.100 /  7.110.100
  libswscale      5.  9.100 /  5.  9.100
  libswresample   3.  9.100 /  3.  9.100
  libpostproc    55.  9.100 / 55.  9.100
https protocol not found, recompile FFmpeg with openssl, gnutls or securetransport enabled.
https://storage.googleapis.com/shaka-streamer-assets/sample-inputs/Sintel.2010.720p.mkv: Protocol not found

[joeyparrish]

Would you like to try a PR to build a static copy of OpenSSL in the workflow to resolve this?

[mariocynicys]

Sure