diff --git a/fluxus/fluxus.spec b/fluxus/fluxus.spec
index 2d00bba41..cedbfd6f3 100644
--- a/fluxus/fluxus.spec
+++ b/fluxus/fluxus.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 Name: fluxus
 Version: 0.17rc5.%{shortcommit0}
-Release: 4%{?dist}
+Release: 5%{?dist}
 Summary: A 3D game engine for livecoding worlds into existence
 URL: https://pawfal.org/fluxus/
 ExclusiveArch: x86_64 aarch64
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Requires: gstreamer-plugins-base >= 0.10.25
 Requires: gstreamer-plugins-good >= 0.10.17
 Requires: gstreamer-plugins-bad-free >= 0.10.22
 Requires: libunicap >= 0.9.12
-Requires: ffmpeg >= 0.7
+Requires: (ffmpeg or ffmpeg-free)
 Requires: emacs w3m-el
 
 %description
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ desktop-file-validate %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/fluxus.desktop
 %{_datadir}/emacs/site-lisp/fluxus
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 05 2024 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.17rc5-5
+- fix ffmpeg depdendency
+
 * Mon May 10 2021 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.17rc5-4
 - fix for pipewire
 
diff --git a/harvid/harvid.spec b/harvid/harvid.spec
index 829684146..b1ad8307f 100644
--- a/harvid/harvid.spec
+++ b/harvid/harvid.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name: harvid
 Version: 0.9.1
-Release: 3%{?dist}
+Release: 4%{?dist}
 Summary: harvid -- HTTP Ardour Video Daemon
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 URL: https://github.com/x42/harvid
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ BuildRequires: libjpeg-turbo-devel
 BuildRequires: vim-common
 BuildRequires: libpng-devel
 
-Requires: ffmpeg
+Requires: (ffmpeg or ffmpeg-free)
 Requires: xjadeo
 
 %description
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ ln -s /usr/bin/ffprobe %{buildroot}/usr/bin/ffprobe_harvid
 %{_mandir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 05 2024 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.9.1-4
+- update to 0.9.1-4 - fix ffmpeg dependency
+
 * Sun Jan 01 2023 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.9.1-3
 - update to 0.9.1-3
 
diff --git a/soundux/soundux.spec b/soundux/soundux.spec
index 0b8af1b8f..73b6407da 100644
--- a/soundux/soundux.spec
+++ b/soundux/soundux.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Name: soundux
 Version: 0.2.7
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Summary: A cross-platform soundboard
 License: GPL-3.0-or-later
 URL: https://github.com/Soundux/Soundux
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires: libappstream-glib
 BuildRequires: chrpath
 
-Requires: ffmpeg
+Requires: (ffmpeg or ffmpeg-free)
 Requires: youtube-dl
 
 %description
@@ -91,5 +91,8 @@ appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/metainfo/io.github
 %{_datadir}/pixmaps/soundux.png
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 05 2024 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.2.7-2
+- update to 0.2.7-2 - fix ffmpeg dependency
+
 * Fri Jan 13 2023 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam@free.fr> - 0.2.7-1
 - Initial spec file