[aur-requests] [PRQ#35215] Deletion Request for lib32-ffmpeg-steam

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MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for lib32-ffmpeg-steam [2]:

I believe this package is not needed anymore.

Context: Steam for Linux includes its own version of multilib ffmpeg.

I think this package was created as a temporary workaround in 2020
for the following bug found at the time in the ffmpeg version
included in Steam for Linux:

[Issue: VAAPI hardware decoding video freeze (amdgpu) (closed)]
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/7150

And it seems later, in Spring 2021, Valve fixed this issue
by updating its internal FFMPEG to a newer version:

[Thank you Valve for updating ffmpeg in Steam!
Now I can stream with hardware decoding on AMD without crashing!]
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/n3g7m1/thank_you_valve_for_updating_ffmpeg_in_steam_now/

This current package links to a very old lib32-ffmpeg-compat, based
on ffmpeg 3.4.2, released in 2018. As the post from 2021 mentions an
ffmpeg update in the Steam runtime, it is logical to conclude that
Steam now contains a newer ffmpeg than what this package links to.

So I suggest to delete this package.

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/lib32-ffmpeg-steam/