Having trouble updating Garuda because of ffmpeg dependency

Hi, I’m having trouble updating Garuda because of an ffmpeg dependency. Wondering if anyone can help? Below is the error I receive when I attempt to update:

λ upd
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:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda is up to date
core                                  118.6 KiB   185 KiB/s 00:01 [------------------------------------] 100%
extra                                   7.3 MiB  2.70 MiB/s 00:03 [------------------------------------] 100%
multilib is up to date
chaotic-aur                           752.0 KiB   245 KiB/s 00:03 [------------------------------------] 100%

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:: Synchronizing package databases...
garuda downloading...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
multilib downloading...
chaotic-aur downloading...
spawn pacman -Su
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: installing ffmpeg (2:7.0.2-1) breaks dependency 'libavcodec.so=60-64' required by retroarch-git
:: installing ffmpeg (2:7.0.2-1) breaks dependency 'libavformat.so=60-64' required by retroarch-git
:: installing ffmpeg (2:7.0.2-1) breaks dependency 'libavutil.so=58-64' required by retroarch-git
:: installing ffmpeg (2:7.0.2-1) breaks dependency 'libswresample.so=4-64' required by retroarch-git
:: installing ffmpeg (2:7.0.2-1) breaks dependency 'libswscale.so=7-64' required by retroarch-git
:: installing pipewire-pulse (1:1.2.3-1) breaks dependency 'pulseaudio' required by vokoscreen-git

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Appreciate any help you can provide!

Thank you,

Nathan

Try replacing those git packages with non-git versions.

garuda-update retroarch vokoscreen
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Hi there,

Thanks Bluish that did the trick for me. I really appreciate your help with that, I’ll keep that in mind if I run into similar difficulties in the future!

Nathan

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